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Show HIE MOItlllS MlU'miUkS. now inr oni'AT "ocijn iionaiiciib" 1 AM out 01 aldllT. Wo hear mueli nf the muiiy finely luudelled atil) a that aio bulltfce.ni lime totline, but llllluof thu muny veeeels that aio lost. Uccaslonally uLlla 111-terent 111-terent litxclted by lieri.lsm dlsplnjed In eavlng n ohlpie recked crew; but lu many lokeit the lOBKot a good ahlp Is only Inellcakd by n II110 or two In tho UstofCkFUalllia lu the dally pietr. ho, for Instance, wcul 1 think Hid IxtjenrdS vessels, the larger pu'tlon ihlpa, ulleil from nome iuit or other, and, nerordlrg to I.I yi'n nnn'ial return, re-turn, ne or airuluwero heurd or, und theje, o, Virrofalr ) goodaUud cralt. What of thocrowti' . Thaatorycnii never be completed, tliosuirtrlliRo msy Im lut gueseid Kt. And Iltltaln and hir c. loiiln Imvo mora than their fair ahare, fur wlillo weiuakaupa hilf cf tlio total low, wo contribute tn,6uu cut of tlio GJ,li) toua u null huvo tlnn paved out of rucc rd. The tol il of wrecks, too, seema large 10i(l Mielaof Utl.tMi tons but II must lo remembered that tiler, are prolably alwaja nlloal on thu lilk.lt teas oer LO,iiiw,0ji) lona of alilprliig, which lAct, althcunh It IncrciKi the surprl'o that m limn) eetilii thould lie lost wlthoiitany news, Indlcatia gtriirally a fairly low ratio of Ion 3 to 4 er cent totiuaKc, It may bunrcci ted aaaltttlmony In favor ot otieltbnlof thutdtnl tonuoge lost enly 12 per eeut waaconstr;icted out of this metal, wlillo 11 per tent waa of Iron and 47 er cent waa of wood aud composite eroel. Hut It should also be noted Hut the Iron and wooden s.crro'a aro older, so that are ru well no moteriil may have luntrl. butad to tliottiult. Again, an a Milk more lirgily than steamers, the latter making 41 per cent and ehlpG7cr rentol the total; but airu again mui.1 be considered, for a large cumber (l'Jt vetoela ot 47,8UMono) Herecoudetniied and Irpkeu up against ujly 1H,GJ3 tono of (aniers. A ship Is more readily abandoned nt sea thou a steamer, lie-cause lie-cause when the mail "go by tho board" III a storm llieslilp Is oi'.eu htlplert. Wo have therefore 0,570 tona nf villi sa thus abahdoned oiiulnst only U.OOD of lUamera, which latter lu Ittell la a largo number; thoy nru all of largo alzo too, averaglngl, !!U(i Ions. It la lu-terLitlng lu-terLitlng to note furtlu r that steuruera tollldo more frequently than ships, or tho results aro 19 ire disastrous. Tnui we find that while 43,(170 tons ct ateam-irn ateam-irn were lost by collision, only l.'.btO toni of ship Iosera aro so acroutitul for. Ihonutuborof vessela does not ehuw thiisainu disparity, 43 of tho former against 47 of the Utter, which would Indicate that limit elil moro readily lolllfe, nndonemay be pardoned the aaiunijit it that these are mostly In home channels rather than uu thu high soao. ( Of coursothu hljden rock, tho fog. bedlmmel, ruitgtd liendlaud and overiwerlug tempest, are res dli. nitrous tu the tteamcr oa to the ship, und wo llud that lu each case about half of tho losses nra at trILutcd to thoho more or less tin aoldnble cau.ea. As to liatloniillt), we And that thu "death rate" Ion-ajeof Ion-ajeof Ilrltaln'a llect Is 0 07 I or rent, and of the colonies .1 la per 01 nt. The highest rale Is atlatnod ty Norway, wlllio.'Jt lereeni; Jtueslu lielng next with .149 1 er cent The Ijwtul rntois Hpaln, with 1.U3 per cent. Ilrltaln has a lio.ivler loss In ships than steamers 3.00 per cent of the runner ngaltnti'SU 11 r cent of the latter, In r total lnese.ii furtLoytar bulug 313 viscla ol llj.',-111.' llj.',-111.' ton... |
