dumber of Bottles. 



Received. 



9 



1 = 1 in 9 



48 



1 = 1 in 48 



41 



6 = 1 in 7 



24 



1 = 1 in 24 



96 



9 = 1 in 10£ 



4 



= in 4 



CURRENT PAPERS. 149 



more of those who are helping so much in this work will notify 

 the number of bottles they put afloat. 

 Ship. 



S.S. Australasian 



S.S. Gulf of Bothnia 



S.S. Clitus 



S.S. Hawkesbury 



K.M.S. India ... 



S. S . Yarrawonga 



If this is a fair guide as to the percentage of the current papers 

 floated, which come back, I must confess that I am disappointed ; 

 at the same time, it is perhaps, not surprising when we consider 

 all the risks which a floating bottle runs on rock bound shores, on 

 unknown and on uninhabited shores, or the number that sink from 

 shells and vegetation that grow on them, or owing to imperfect 

 corks. 



ICEBERG. 



Note. — Captain Brown of the ship "Yallaroi " from London to 

 Melbourne, reported that on 17th August, 1899, when crossing 

 the Australian Bight, and in Latitude 41° 30' south, and Longitude 

 122° east, that is in line between the Leu win and Tasmania, he 

 saw an iceberg. No other report of this iceberg has reached me, 

 although it was in the track of vessels from the Cape of Good 

 Hope to Melbourne. 



