Strandings In The Danish Waters 1858-1885

As a complete and official Register of the number of vessels which yearly pass round the Scaw, through the Belts and the Sound has not been at my disposal, and there is a decided want of sufficient data, such as tonnage, nature, build and age ot the vessels; nature and value of the cargoes; trades in whicli the casualties happened; reliable reports of all the averages whicli in the course of the period in question have occurred througli collisions; accidents to machinery, such as breakdowns, explosions; etc. it could not be my intention by the following remarks to give a full and detailed statement of tlie results of our average statistics, but I merelv wish to point out some of the most important facts derived from the abstracts, whicli will appear from a complete list ot the strandings occurred in the Danish waters during a period of twenty- eight years, commencing tlie 1st January 1858, ending 31st December 1885, and compiled from official sources. For tlie present examination, tlie whole ot the coast line lias been divided in four geograpliical principal districts, viz. 1. The west coast of Jutland (Jylland). 2. The coasts of tlie Kattegat, i. e. tlie sea, limited by tlie east coast of Jutland between the Scaw (Skagen) and Ha- senöre; tlie nortli coast of Sealand (Sjælland) between Sjællands Odde and Gilbjerg Hoved; the west coast of Swe-