On 21 March 1900 Bruce reminded Markham that he had applied a year earlier, and went on to reveal that he "was not without hopes of being able to raise sufficient capital whereby I could take out a second British ship".
1900年3月21日，布魯斯提醒馬坎他在一年前已申請了，並表明現在的想法：「我不認為我缺乏籌措到足夠資金的希望，那足以擔負第二艘英國船隻」。