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 another. A Table, copied from the wreck returns of the Board of Trade of 1874, classifies the reports so far as regards the loss of life, showing how far one year has been more disastrous than another; for instance, in 1859-60, the number of lives lost was five times greater than in the previous year, and three times more than in the year following, arising, in a great measure, from the disastrous gale in October 1859 in which 343 lives were lost in the Royal Charter, wrecked on the Anglesea Coast. Again, in 1867-68, nearly double the number of|     |          |   Boats. |       |          |          |        |        | -+++-++++++ 1855-6 |  336 |    499   |    1351   |    489 |          |    22    |        |  2,697 |    485 1856-7 |  634 |    383   |     606   |    587 |          |    21    |        |  2,231 |    521 1857-8 |  120 |    149   |     683   |    244 |          |    17    |        |  1,213 |    539 1858-9 |  220 |    154   |     878   |    622 |          |    16    |        |  1,890 |    353 1859-60|  367 |    407   |     681   |    769 |    951 |     9    |        |  3,184 |  1,647 1860-1 |  771 |    415   |     467   |    858 |  1,499   |    14    |  362[B]|  4,386 |    537 1861-2 | 322 |    415   |     371   |    919 |  1,425   |    27    |  396   |  3,875 |    884 1862-3 |  291 |    252   |     414   |  1,319 |  1,289   |     9    |  531   |  4,105 |    690 1863-4 |  472 |    256   |     424   |  1,533 |  1,465   |    10    |  439   |  4,599 |    620 1864-5 |  293 |    347   |     338   |  1,003 |  1,459   |    22    |  232   |  3,694 |    516 1865-6 |  480 |    490   |     462   |  1,000 |  2,195   |     7    |  374   |  5,008 |    698 1866-7 |  378 |    527   |     385   |    986 |  2,728   |    13    |  765   |  5,782 |    896 1867-8 |  377 |    310   |     843   |  1,060 |  1,902   |     6    |  660   |  5,158 |  1,333 1868-9 |  504 |    333   |     317   |    719 |  2,062   |          |  561   |  4,496 |    824 1869-70|  532 |    354   |     383   |    714 |  2,067   |     8    |  443   |  4,501 |    933 1870-1 |  473 |    203   |     500   |  1,062 |  2,795   |     2    |  459   |  5,495 |    774 1871-2 |  403 |    293   |     265   |    990 |  1,737   |          |  245   |  3,933 |    626 1872-3 |  548 |    715   |     582   |    647 |  1,888   |     6    |  388   |  4,774 |    590 -+++-++++++ Total | 7521 |   6502   |    9950   | 15,522 | 25,462   |   209    | 5855   | 71,021 | 13,466 -+++-++++++

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