Strandings In The Danish Waters 1858-1885

9 and from the Swedish and Russian ports generally goes to the North of the island. On the Swedish coast, Falsterbo, Trelleborg, Smygehuk, Ystad, Sandhammaren, Simrisliamn and Ähus may be named as the places that are the most thickly dotted with the marks of destruction, but also this coast as well as that of Bornholm is, as appears from the Chart, well provided witli lights and lifeboat stations. For further explanation of some of the facts, contained in the present paper, I subjoin a few statistical tables, showing the number of the strandings witli regard to time and place. Table 1. Number of Strandings during each of the twenty-eight years ended 31st December 1885. 1858 165 1865 202 1872 423 1879 227 1859 177 1866 245 1873 180 1880 282 1860 222 1867 310 1874 223 1881 253 1861 261 1868 193 1875 234 1882 331 1862 211 1869 194 1876 261 1883 191 1863 279 1870 154 1877 189 1884 187 1864 157 1871 201 1878 199 1885 165 Total 6316. Annual average 226. Maximum 423. Minimum 154. It appears from the above table that on the coasts in question 6316 strandings of sailing vessels and steam ships have occurred during the twenty-eight years ending 31st December 1885. Tire annual average is 226 strandings, or, the whole period making 10227 days, 6/10 th of a stranding a day. Tlie lowest number of strandings (154) occurred in 1870, and the highest number (423) in 1872, which was principally due to