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Few persons. other shan those con-
nected with the sea, ever come across
copy OF that marvellous compilation OF
marine intelligence, 'Lloyd's Calendar
Yet its 500-odi pages are crowded with
matter of a deep human interest, and its
scope is so,i.awnnt astonishing to the
mere landsman.
1t deals wirh the shipping OF the world
That alone suggests something vast.
Here ara some figures. The worlds
shipping. according to 'T1lnyd's Regis
ter numbers a grand total OF 29.9l3
steamers and sailing vessels their total
tonnage being no less than 33,643, ,13l
tons.
And it is a matter for congratulation
To learn that the British empire Is mis-.
tress III the seas in one sense from the
fact THAI the imperial shipying alone
numbers 1.134 vessels, of 1906 374
tons-almost half the entire worlds
shipping.
The versatility cf the calendar" or
sea-faring topics strikes you on every
page. 1t Is interesting, for example. to
Know that vessel rises on 1loating
from fresh to salt water. and shnt M
Aberdeen harbor for instance. flush
deck vessel OF 90 feet nodded depth may
be laden to four inches beyond the load
line. rs that is the height of her rise in
the water on passing to the sea.
There is something particularly fas-
cnating in the description Of the various
provision depots for the use of ship
wrecked mariners in remote ocean
areas.
In the Indian ocean, Amsterdam
island has such depot in large cavern
IN the side OF a hill. 1t contains I $3.50
pounds OF preserved beef. 1.125 pounds
or biscuit. ten WOODEN shirts. ten pairs cf
cotton drawers. ten blankets. and on,.
soldered metal box holding four packets
OF matches. There are also cooking
pot, cots and dry wood
st. Paul and Ke-guelen islands have
respectively hut OF rough stones and
cavern In gorge containing the same
supplies in the same quantities. They
are to be found in iron hooped barrels
coated with tar and sand.
Hos island in the Crozets, has rough
hut. in which are beef, biscuits, sar-
dimes, blankets. shoes, trousers spears
hatchets. and cooking utensils. Pos
session island also has a hut containing
supplies for so people for 80 days.
The outlying islands Of New Zealand
have provision depots, with notice
boards to guide shipwrecked sailors to
them. Some Of these depots contain
medicines. and one has tank 70 catch
water. Provisions and clothing are also
hidden in cairns and huts at the en-
trance to Magellan strait and at Van
couver isinnd
The oceans Of the world have altogeth-
er 337 coaling stations. of which there
are ll3 at European and Mediterranean
ports. The Indian ocean and China
seas, with A. have the feweat
comparison Of the specific gravity OF
timber and water Is interesting. Talk
ing the specific gravity OF water as 10O
there nre three woods which would weigh
heavier-mahogany being 1nG. oak 1l7,
and ebony l'3 Cork Is ONLY "a
In the section dealing with the periis
of ice and how vessels avoid them. the
Calendar states that some cf the ice
bergs encountered in the south Atlantic
during 1928 were upward OF 90 miles in
length
These few facts are culled at random
from the mass OF maritime information
which Llovi's Calendar presents to its
patrons The work is worthy of the i'm
mense organization which yearly pro-