440 (Norway : official publication for the Paris exhibition 1900)

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be found almost everywhere, the good lighting of the coast, and
the numerous good pilots. According to the somewhat incomplete
statistics obtainable with reference to stranding and shipwrecks on
the Norwegian coast in the year 1898, 25 vessels, 19 of them
Norwegian, were wrecked. In 21 cases all on board were saved,
while in the remaining cases, 15 men in all are supposed to have
been lost.

A much darker picture is presented by the statistics relating
to Norwegian shipwrecks, which, for steam and sail separately,
give the following annual figures:

Year Sailing-vessels Steam-vessels

Number Tonnage Percentage of total sailing tonnage Number Tonnage Percentage of total steam tonnage

Reg. Tons Reg. Tons

1886—90, average . . 209 68,522 4.6 7 2,781 2.0

1891—95, — 223 90,502 6.2 12 6,603 2.6

1896 197 88,184 7.1 13 6,958 2.1

1897 191 74,401 6.2 26 16,251 4.4

1898 191 78,034 6.8 20 10,016 2.4

In these shipwrecks, many sailors have met their death (in
1898 at least 272), and the matter has attracted considerable
attention. In 1894 a parliamentary commission was appointed for
the purpose of dealing with the question of the government control
of the seaworthiness of vessels, etc., and this commission has drafted
a bill which is now being considered by the special department.

XIV. LIFE-SAVING STATIONS AND BOATS.

On two of the most dangerous stretches of the Norwegian
coast, namely Lister and Jæderen (in the south-western part of
the country), where the coast is not protected by any belt of rocks,
life-saving stations with rocket apparatus were established in 1855.
In 1899, we had 9 such stations, 6 of which were in Jæderen and
3 in Lister, a life-boat station being connected with one of the
latter. In the year 1898—99, the Treasury contributed a total of

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Year	Sailing-vessels			Steam-vessels
Year	Number	Tonnage	Percentage of total sailing tonnage	Number	Tonnage	Percentage of total steam tonnage
		Reg. Tons			Reg. Tons
1886—90, average . .	209	68,522	4.6	7	2,781	2.0
1891—95, —	223	90,502	6.2	12	6,603	2.6
1896	197	88,184	7.1	13	6,958	2.1
1897	191	74,401	6.2	26	16,251	4.4
1898	191	78,034	6.8	20	10,016	2.4