Some time ago we received application from China for schedules and letters of instructions, but as yet we have had no further communication from that quarter. We would be glad to hear of the scheme being started there also. Most of the lighthouse-keepers there are Scotch and English. The ordinary papers were sent to thirty stations on the East Coast of Scotland, Faroe, and Iceland, as in former years. Twelve stations on this coast have sent in forty-two schedules out of the twenty-six E.C. stations of Scotland. All returns are much lighter than in 1882, and this is more readily noticed when we compare the numbers of schedules returned from our principal stations. Thus, from Sumburgh Head we have three; from Pentland Skerries twelve (three more than in 1882); from Bell Rock two; and from Isle of May only ten, as against nineteen in 1882. East Coast of Scotland. '79 '80 '81 '82 '83 * * * 4. N. Unst, Shetland 230 ft. J. Edgar. * * * 5. Whalsey Skerries, Shet. 143 " * 6. Bressay, Shetland 105 " * * * * * 7. Sumburgh Head, Shet. 300 " D. M. Scott. Land Notes.--7B. Fair Isle. Orkney. * * * * 8. North Ronaldshay 140 " 9. Start Point 80 " * * * * * 10. Auskerry 110 " J. McDonald. 11. Hoy Sound (Low) 55 " 12. Hoy Sound (High) 115 " 13. Cantick Head 115 " * * * * * 14. Pentland Skerries 170 " {D. McDonald.† {J. Gilmour. Mainland. * * * * 15. Dunnet Head, Caithness 346 " D. Laidlaw. 16. Holborn Head, Caithness 75 " D. Laidlaw. * 17. Noss Head, Caithness 175 " A. Greig. * 18. Tarbat Ness, East Ross 175 " W. Davidson.‡ * * * 19. Cromarty, E. Cromarty 60 " R. S. Ritson. * * 20. Chanonry, Point Elgin 40 " J. McGill.§ * 21. Covesea Skerries 160 " 22. Kinnaird Head, Aberdeen 120 "‖ 23. Buchan Ness, Aberdeen 130 " * 24. Girdleness, Aberdeen 185 " 25. Montroseness, Aberdeen 124 "¶ * * * * * 26. Bell Rock, Fife Coast 93 " J. Jack. * * * * * 27. I. of May, Firth of Forth 240 " J. Agnew. * * * * 28. Inchkeith, F. of Forth 220 " R. Grierson. 29. St. Abb's Head, Berwicks 224 "