BALTIC PORTS.
Remarkably few of the Northern cruises this year pay a visit to Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, or the ancient Hansa town of Reval, now called Tallinn. For this reason it is worth mentioning that there are shipping companies which arrange regular tours around the .Baltic ports. By one of these lines it is possible to leave Hull on any Wed- nesday morning, and visit Copenhagen, Gothenburg, Stock- holm, Oslo, Helsingfors, Hango—Finland's popular seaside resort—and Tallinn. Short tours of eleven days, which do not include the Norwegian and Swedish capitals, can be had from £19 first-class fare ; longer tours up to twenty-one days cost from £26 10s. to £89 10s., and in each case include hotel accommodation ashore where necessary. An equally interest- ing cruise round the remaining chief Baltic ports is available by another line, which leaves from London and proceeds via the Kiel Canal to Gdynia (Poland) and Danzig, and returns to London in ten days. The first-class fare is £15. As an alternative, one can miss these ports and continue to Tallinn, where three days may be spent visiting Riga, Memel and Libau. The latter tour occupies twelve days and on a cabin-class steamer the fare is £15.
A holiday trip has been devised by a foreign shipping company of note which will interest those wishing to pay a short visit to Germany. The tour in question begins on June 26th from London and ends on July 5th. The steamer is joined at Poulogne and reaches Hamburg the next morning. It takes in the German " Derby " and the cities of Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig and Hamburg. It is intended to limit the number of passengers ; the fare is 30 guineas.
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