In 1882 and 1883, we built and launched four of these steel and iron sailing ships--the Waiter H.Wilson, the W.J.Pirrie, the Fingal, and the Lord Wolseley--each of nearly 3000 tons register, with four masts,--the owners being Mr.Lawther, of Belfast; Mr.Martin, of Dublin; and the Irish Shipowners Company.
Besides these and other sailing ships, we have built for Messrs.

Ismay, Imrie and Co.

the Garfield, of 2347 registered tonnage; for Messrs.
Thomas Dixon and Son, the Lord Downshire (2322); and for Messrs.
Bullock's Bay Line, the Bay of Panama (2365).
In 1880 we took in another piece of the land reclaimed by the Belfast Harbour Trust; and there, in close proximity to the ship-yard, we manufacture all the machinery required for the service of the steamers constructed by our firm.

In this way we are able to do everything "within ourselves"; and the whole land now occupied by the works comprises about forty acres, with ten building slips suitable for the largest vessels.
It remains for me to mention a Belfast firm, which has done so much for the town.

I mean the Messrs.