338 



H. C. KUSSELL. 



Capt. S. M. Orr determined to send bottles with current papers in 

 them fastened to floating wood, it was thrown over to the south 

 of Australia, and was found eight months later still in the Aus- 

 tralian Bight. When the two points were connected on the chart 

 by a straight line it was parallel to the long lines drawn in the 

 same sea thousands of miles long. 



This list of current papers arranged in months in which the 

 were received is interesting : — 



Year. 



Jan. 



No 



Feb. 



Mar. 



April 



ions 



May 



June 



July 



Aug. Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



Dec. 



Total. 



1896 



observat 





Wor 



k be gaii 



3 



7 



11 



26 



1897 



5 



7 



4 



5 



10 



7 



9 



9 



3 



8 



9 



5 



81 



1898 



4 



5 



6 



2 



8 



7 



5 



8 



4 



16 



7 



11 



83 



1899 



11 



11 



11 



6 



12 



9 



9 



14 



6 



14 



10 



9 



122 



1900 



13 



14 



11 



12 



8 



10 



9 



7 



8 



17 



10 



7 



126 



1901 



13 



10 



12 



11 



9 



10 



5 



7 



8 



11 



11 





107 



Total 



46 



47 



44 



36 



7-2 



51 



10-2 



43 

 8-6 



37 



45 



29 



69 



54 



43 



545 



A erage 



9-2 



9-1 



8-8 



7-4 



9-0 



5-8 



13-8 



10-8 



8-6 





The following letter to me should be placed on record : — 



"S.S. Sussex, Albany, W. A., 23rd July, 1901. 



" I beg to inform you that on the 12th inst., whilst en route 

 from South Africa, this steamer passed quite close to an iron buoy 

 floating on its side, apparently adrift in the ocean. It had a flat 

 top with a projection as well as we could see like those on gas 

 buoys used for marking channels. We could not see any distinc- 

 tive marks whatsoever, and it looked as if it had been painted 

 red, but owing to its being in the water so long a time, it was 

 covered with barnacles and grass. Position of buoy worked from 

 noon position, Lat. 34° 44' S., Long. 68° 36' E. 



(Signed) B. Hayward, Master." 



DERELICT IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN. 



November 30th, 1901. — The ship Loch Broom, on arrival at 

 Melbourne, reported having sighted a derelict, which had evidently 

 been destroyed by fire. The following clipping by the mail may 

 throw some light on the subject: "A telegram from Lloyd's agent 

 .at Bahia, dated September 20, states that the Glasgow barque 

 [Norfolk Island was totally lost by fire at sea in Lat. 25° 5', Long. 



