392 Part III. — Fifteenth Annual Report 



Table showing Particulars of Drifters — continued. 



Date and Position where set Adrift. 





Date and Position where Recovered. 



Disl anee 

 travelled 

 in Geog. 

 Miles.* 



Time 

 tetween 



Date. 



dumber 



of 

 Bottles. 



dumber 



of 

 Wooden 

 Slips. 



Position. 



No. 



Date. 



Position. 



sc ting 

 away 



and Re- 

 covery 



in Days. 



1896. 

 18 Oet. 



5 



5 

 5 



10 



15 

 10 



200 miles S.E. by E. of 

 May Isle, 



251 mi'es S.E. by E. of 

 May Isle, 



300 miles S.E. by E. of 

 May Isle, 



Between Isle of May and 

 the Naze of Norway. 



419 



7 Dec. '96 



Brought up in trawl-net, 

 in-Lat. 54° 30' N., 100 

 miles E. by N. of 

 Spurn Point, York- 

 shire, 



35 



50 



23 Oct. 



5 



25 



50 miles E. £ S. of May 

 Isle, 



420 



24 Jan. '97 



Roker,Monkwearmouth, 

 Sunderland, 









5 



10 



5 



15 

 25 

 10 



75 miles E. J S. of May 

 Isle, 



100 miles E. i S. of May 

 Isle, 



130 miles E. \ S. of May 

 Isle, 



421 





South Shields, 



87 



93 



! 29 „ 

 31 Oct. 





20 

 10 



Orkney, midway be- 

 tween Copinsay Isle 

 and Holm Sound, 



4 miles E.S.E. of Sule 

 Skerry, west of 

 Orkney, 



422 

 423 

 424 



19 Nov. '96 

 28 „ 

 « n 



E. end of Burray Isle 

 (on the N. side of the 

 Point of the Ness), 

 Orkney, 



E. end of Burray Isle 

 (on the N. s-ide of the 

 Point of the Ness), 

 Orkney, 



J mile S. of Black Craig, 

 Hoy Sound, Orkney, 



4 

 4 



33 



21 

 30 

 6 



3 Nov. 









425 

 426 



427 



428 



9 Nov. '96 

 14 ,, 



4 Jan. '97 



4 Mar. 



Rackwick, Hoy, Orkney, 



Jerland Shore, Stenness, 

 Orkney, 



Hoxay Head, S. Ronald- 

 shay, Orkney, 



Stenness, Orkney, 



34 

 32 



48 



32 



6 

 11 



63 



124 



3 Nov. 

 3 Nov. 





10 

 10 



8 miles S.E. of Start 

 Point, Orkney, 



4 miles S.W of Fair Isle 



Between Lcith and the 

 Hook of Holland, 



429 

 430 

 431 



14 Dec. '96 

 22 



N. end Whalsey Island, 



Shetland. 

 Air of Clickimin, near 



Lerwick, Shet and, 

 Neap, Noith Nesting, 



80 

 66 



41 

 41 



49 



1 Nov. 



9 



10 



47 miles E. \ S. of 

 Grimsby, 



432 



433 

 434 

 435 

 436 



29 Nov. '96 



100 yards S. of Winterton 



Lighthouse, near Great 



Yarmouth, 

 Hemsby Beach, near 



Gt. Yarmouth, 

 Winterton, near Great 



Yarmouth, 

 Winterton, near Great 



Yarmouth, 

 Newport, near Great 



Yarmouth. 



59 



64 



59 

 59 

 63 



28 



2S 

 28 

 28 

 28 



* That is a straight line between the two points. 



