considerably by the agency and advantages attending shipwrecks on the shores of the respective farms. The author was so struck with some of these circumstances, that he collected, and shall here insert a list of shipwrecks for the twelve years immediately following the erection of North Ronaldsay light-house, in procuring which he was obligingly assisted by the Rev. William Grant, minister of Cross-kirk parish, including the island of North Ronaldsay, and part of Sanday. [Sidenote: List of Shipwrecks for Twelve Years.] LIST OF WRECKS on the contiguous islands of North Ronaldsay, Sanday and Stronsay, during a period of Twelve Years, immediately after the erection of North Ronaldsay Light-house, in 1789. Key: A: Year. B: Voyage. C: Cargo. D: Tonnage. E: Supposed Value of Ship and Cargo. +-----+-------------------------+------------------+-----+------------+ | A | B | C | D | E | +-----+-------------------------+------------------+-----+------------+ |1789.|Norway to America, |Spirits, &c. | 150 | L. 3500 0 0| |1790.|Hamburgh to do. |Cordage, &c. | 100 | 2800 0 0| |1792.|Norway to Wales, |Wood and Iron, | 90 | 1100 0 0| |---- |Sweden to Liverpool, |Grain, | 120 | 3100 0 0| |---- | Do. to Greenock, |Timber, | 400 | 3400 0 0| |1793.|Norway to Spain, |Fish and Oil, | 100 | 2000 0 0| |---- |Copenhagen to Santa Cruz,|Silks, &c. | 250 | 35,000 0 0| |1794.|Copenhagen to Surinam, |Muslins, &c. | 250 | 20,000 0 0| |---- | Do. to Dundee, |Flax, &c. | 90 | 2000 0 0| |1795.| Do. to America, |Cloth, &c. | 300 | 12,200 0 0| |1796.| Do. to Liverpool, |Timber, | 250 | 2500 0 0| |---- | Do. to Whitehaven,|Timber, | 150 | 1300 0 0| |---- |Liverpool to Ostend, |Wine and Rum, | 400 | 15,300 0 0| |1797.|Baltic to Liverpool, |Grain, | 120 | 3000 0 0| |1798.|Sweden to Hull, |Timber and Iron, | 200 | 2500 0 0| |---- |Norway to Liverpool. |Timber, | 200 | 1800 0 0| |---- | Do. to America, |Cloth, &c. | 200 | 5000 0 0| |---- |Altona to Do. |Spirits and Cloth,| 450 | 18,000 0 0| |---- |London to Gibraltar, |Stores, | 300 | 5000 0 0| |1799.| Do. to Dublin, |Staves, | 150 | 2200 0 0| |1800.|Hamburgh to America, |Cambric and Linen,| 200 | 45,000 0 0| |---- |Dantzic to Liverpool, |Timber, | 900 | 10,000 0 0| | ----------| |22 vessels wrecked in 12 years, supposed value L. 196,400 0 0| +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ [Sidenote: Start Point Tower proposed to be converted into a Light-house.]