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23 W. Part of the crew was landed there, comprising the captain, 

 second officer, carpenter, steward, and seven sailors; the remainder 

 of the crew has also turned up. The Norfolk Island was bound 

 from Leith to Table Bay; she was a steel barque of 1,360 gross 

 tons, and owned in Glasgow." The derelict was sighted by the 

 Loch Broom on September 30 in Lat. 26° 40' S., Long. 23° 20' W. 

 and, from the information supplied by our correspondent, there 

 appears every reason to believe that it was the Norfolk Island. 



No. of 







No. of these 



papers put 



Date when put over. 



Name of Ship. 



papers 



overboard.* 







found. 



13 



October 11 to 24, 1901 ... 



E.M.S. "Cuzco"... 







2 



January 19 to 27, 1901 



S.S. "Gulf of Ancud" 







33 



June 23 to July 25, „ 



S.S. "Gulf of Bothnia" 







88 



Jan. 17 to Oct. 17, „ 



E.M.S. "Himalaya" 



i 



20 



Sept. 29 to Oct. 16, ,, 



E.M.S. "India" ... 



4 



61 



March 13 to Nov. 17, „ 



S.S. "Indraghiri" 



3 



110 



Jan. 24 to Nov. 30, 



S.S. "Manapouri" 



3 



14 



October 18 to 30, 



E.M.S. "Oruba" 







75 



Feb. 7 to Nov. 30 



M.M.S.S. "Pacifique" 







18 



August to November, „ 



S.S. " Macquarie" 







9 



May 23 to June 12, ,, 



S.S. "Narrung"... 



1 



128 



Feb. 17 to Nov. 24, „ 



S.S. "Persic" ... 



2 



26 



Jan. 24 to Feb. 14, 



S.S. "Eotokino"... 







57 



May 1 to Sept. 26, 



S.S. "Salamis" ... 







28 



June 18 to July 15, „ 



S.S. " Star of N. Zealanc 



1" 



7L 



Dec. 24,1900 to Aug. 24 „ 



M.M.S.S.VilledelaCiot 



at 3 



42 

 795 



September 6 to 27, 



S.S. " Star of N. Zealanc 



1" 



17 



* The number of curreut papers sent overboard as far as known, but in some 

 the record of papers set afloat is incomplete. 



One hundred and fifty-three papers received during the same 

 period. 



LIST OF CHARTS. 



Current paper Chart No. 6a. 



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No. 6c. 



