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Otago Witness, Issue 2368, 20 July 1899, Page 44

A GREAT HISTORICAL PUBLICATION. OTB&O PMUN WES .... CHRISTMAJTINNUAL, 1899. TO BE PUBLISHED IN TIME FOR DELIVERY EVERTWHERE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. The Propietors of the Otago Daily Times and Witness wish to lay before the readers of both papers a Synopsis of the Contents oi" their 1899 CHRISTMAS which will be published at a sufficiently early date to enable its being mailed to the Old Country in time for receipt before Christmas. The Jttain feature will deal with the Engrossingly interesting subject of WRECKS OF THE COLONY l^rom the ante-settlement days up to the middle of 1899. The letterpress, the compilation of which has entailed many months' reBearch among old newspaper files and records of various descriptions, is from the pen of the favorite Witness writer, and though fact, not fancy, haa been the prevailing note of the compilation throughout, the narrative is written in a manner which cannot fail to interest the readers from beginning to end. It is at this early stage scarcely possible to give a full list of the photogravures which will illustrate the story of marine disaster on our rugged coast-line, but they will be worthy cf the subject. The following incomplete enumeration will give readers an. idea of the pictorial contents of this section of our coming Christmas Annual :

*' The Father recognises his own Child." From special drawing by Miss F. Hodgkins. "For hours I clung to the spar with my hair twisted round it." From special drawing by Miss Hodgkins. "The Captain's Directions/ From special drawing by Miss Hodgkins. v They rigged a Flag on the Highest Point." From a drawing by F. E. C. ".Abandonment." From a drawing by F. E. C. * Steam to theEescue." From a drawing by ' F. E. C. ** Allegro and Ammonier, two valuable horses swimming through the surf." From a drawing by F. E. C. W A Pathetic Tombstone." — Figurehead Derry Castle. •' The General Grant's Castaways." An interesting group of passengers and crew clad in their sealskins. S.S. Pelham, wrecked at the Bluff. S.S. Otago, wrecked at Chasland's Mistake. " Belies of the past " ; present condition of the wreck. " Tararua Acre." City of Dunedin, wrecked in Cook Strait, May 20, 1865. ■Wreck of the s.s. Otago. .The Fifeshire saving Crew of the Patricia. " British pluck." iWreck of the s.s. Mataura^ Officers of the Mataura. {Wreck of the s.s. "Warrarapa. The Wairarapa's Stewardesses. .The Green Cabin at Port Chalmers. : The Coapatrick. iWreck of the s.s. Tararua. The Jessie Beadman. v Portrait of Captain Matthew Gibson (Jessie -Eeadmau). iWreck of the s.s. Taranaki. .The s.s. KakanuL Stranded. iWreck of the s.s. Elginshire, (Wreck of the s.s. Taiaroa. Captain Garrard. Boiler of the s.s. Otago ; relic of the past. Benvenue and City of Perth, Timaru beach, 1882. J3hip Inconstant, wrecked on Te Aro beach, August 10, 1850 (John Plimmer, father of Wellington, standing in foreground). Bhip Pleione, ashore on. Waikanae beach, March 19, 1888. Ocean Mail ashore and s.s. Patea steaming out Patea Eiver Heads, February 11, 18S2. Stranding of the John Gamble at Timaru, May 1899. Fairy Queen ashore at Timaru, August, 1873. iWreck of the City of Cashmere. iWreck'of the Grafton. Grave, Auckland Isles. {Dwelling-places of Shipwrecked Crews. /Shipwrecked Sailor's Grave. Figurehead .Derry Castla. ■Derry Castle Hut, Enderby Island. Victoria Post Office, Port Eoss. 8..5. Wanaka, wrecked at Puketapu Eeef, New Plymouth. T7.S.S. Suva, wrecked near entrance to Westport Harbour. tWreck of, the Surat at False Islet, Catlin's Eiver. The- breaking up of the s.s. Tekapo, .Group of 14 Wellington Hulks. Etc.! Etc., Etc. ...... ...all " FABIAN BELL " has given her interesting compilation the telling title oi "THE TOLL OF THE SEA," jmd explains that it is a complete record of the chief wrecks which have occurred in New Zealand waters from the year 1795 to the present date, together with the most interesting events cpnnecteil with them.