IN the Report of the General Superin- tendent of the Life-saving Service, it is stated that there were at the close of the last flscal year 194 stations, 149 being on the Atlantic, 37 on the Lakes, 7 on the Pacific, and 1 at the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville, Ky. There were 800 disasters to documented vessels within the field of station operations. There were 3,792 persons on board these vessels, of whom 3,777 were saved and only 15 lost. The number of vessels totally lost was 68. In addition, there have been 116 disasters to smaller craft, such as sail-boats, row-boats, &c., on which were 244 persons, 240 of whom were saved and 4 lost.

The results of all the disasters within the scope of the service aggregate there- fore, as follows: Total number of disasters, 416; total value of property involved, $7,242,720; total value of property saved, $5,671,700; total value of property lost, $1,571,020; total number of persons involved, 4,036; total number of persons saved, 4,017; total number of persons lost, 19; total number of shipwrecked persons succoured at stations, 651; total number of days' succour afforded, 1879.

In addition to those saved from vessels, there were 22 persons rescued who had fallen from wharves, &c. The number of disasters during the year exceed by 71 the number of disasters of the year pre- ceding, which was considerably larger than that of any previous year in the history of the service.