SHIPPING.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12021, 21 March 1903, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF TIMARU. The flagscaS at lioiaru is situated in East Longitude 17Ideg. 17aiin. 2Csec.; South Latitude 44dsg. 2C:ain. ARRIVED. NASA TT ED. Nil. EXPECTED APJUVALS. Koonya, s.s., hum Lyttekcn, tliis morning. Kini, s.s., from Lyttekon, to-day. Buteshire, s.s., tc-day. VVhangape, s.s., from, the south, on Menday. Hawea, s.s., from Auckland, via southern ports, oa '-loaday. Corinna, s.s.. .torn Y> estport, orx Monday. Aotea, s.s., i:< m Lrttcltoi. on Thursday. Upolu, s.s., :r;m the south, on Tuesday. Norfolk, s.s.. s:-.rlv'r.ei:t month. IX FAR HOUR. Ship—Osnntu. Schooner —Ihzle Taylnr. The s.s. Kbi is ct:o :rc3i Lytielton today, to load 153 ton; ef produce for Wellington and the West Coast. The s.s. K<;QV:yi\, is tu i-.rrive frcm Lyttelton early ibis niorrring, and aker landing 50 toes of general merchandise she will proceed to C-.tu.-.tu end Bunedia. The s.s. Aotea. which was dee here on Tuesday, is :mw to arrive oa Thursday, her delay bek>g caused at Napier where she is loading frozen mntcon. The following corrections to the NewZealand Xactkal Almanac for 19G5, issued by the Marina Department, are published for general fnfo'nv.tion :—Page 122, fifth line below " Wellington to Napier" should read, Te KscLm. to Flat Point (X. 50deg. W. 7 miles), trcs course X. s_sj[deg. E., magnetic course X. 40deg. E. Page 125, second line bc'ow " Qnehcrtga to Kaipara " should read, North Eead Lighthouse to North Head ■ White Beacon, "true course X. 28ideg. W., magnetic course X. 43deg. W. Paee 124. second line below " Lyttelton to Oamaru" ro=d. distance 119.5 miles. Page 124, third line below " Lyttelton to Oamr.ru ", shcttM read, distance 150:2 miles. Pa|e 124. fourth line below "Port Chalmers to ?.Iti£" should read, Nugget Point (X. 63deg. W. 5 miles) instead of (S. 65 lee- W. 5 miles) as printedSome remarkable figures (says an exchange) are rcctaiced in the official record of shipnins casualties issued recently by the Board "of Trade. - This elaborate compilation of statistics, which occupies 170 pages, brings the melancholy story of the sea down to June 50th, "1901." From tables which appear in the record, we learn that during the last twenty-five years 6770 wrecks and to ships belonging to the L'nited Kingdom hvve bee: attended with fct.-ii result? to 41.8C3 persons, of wh'-rra 35.03S ->-:ro members cf the crews and 5; .0 were pilots or other persons not en nrrie'e* of agreement. The same grim register informs us that the average annual lors durinjr the same period was 1672 persons of all sorts' and conditions. The statistics, however, furnish us with a. consoling comparison for the year 1900-1, during which interval only 1011 persons, or 561 below the average for the preceding quarter century, succumbed to the perils of the deep. Ihe same welcome decrease is observable by comparison of the total of seamen and passengers lost in sailing vsssels during the last twentyfive years —namely. 983—with that of the twelve months indicated—viz., 586. The record winds up with the remarkable fact that the- total less of life from sea casualties to vessels of all kind- be'-vnrriner to British possessions abroad was. ir 1900-1, 269, as compared with 642 in the previous year.