Strandings In The Danish Waters 1858-1885

12 From the percentage contained in Table 4 it will be seen, that in the four districts, taken separately, a greater number of strandings occur in autumn, than in any of the other seasons, and that, when all the coast lines of the four districts are taken as a whole, 42 per Cent of all the strandings occur in autumn, 23 in winter, 22 in spring and 13 in summer. The subjoined diagram gives a graphic illustration of the figures contained in Table 3, and from this it will at once be seen that while the Minimum of strandings in districts 1 and 2 falls in the montli of June, the Minimum on the coasts of districts 3 and 4 falls in January. The Maximum of strandings in district 1 falls in the montli of October, in district 2 in December, in districts 3 and 4 in November. Tlie full-drawn curve exhibits in an intelligible and concise way the range of the strandings during tlie year and shows how they, after having had tlieir Absolute Minimum in the montli of June, increase through July, August, September and October, until they attain their Absolute Maximum in November. Gradually decreasing through December and January, the Winter Minimum occurs in February, when the number increases in March, attains its Spring Maximum in April and decreases again through May till June.- It ought constantly to be kept in mind, that the percentage wliicli has furnished the materials for tlie construction of the diagram is based upon the number of strandings wliicli have occurred during 28 >< 12, i. e. 336 months. The figures contained in Tables 1 — 4 show the number of all the strandings that have taken place, regardless of the circum- stance of tlieir having resulted in total loss or not. Table 5, liowever, is merely exhibiting the number of ships, steam and sail, that have been totally lost. It appears that the total loss of steam ships lias been 91, and of sailing sliips 2742, which gives an average total loss for the whole period of 32/10 steam and 973/10 sail, per year.