Printed forms, letters, and remarks were forwarded to thirty-eight stations on the west coast of Scotland and the Isles, being two more than in 1879, viz., Bahama Lightship and Langness Lighthouse, both in Isle of Man.[11]

[11] Mr. Philip Kermode received the Isle of Man returns, and forwarded them to me afterwards for incorporation with the Scottish ones.

We have received in all returned, filled-in schedules from twenty-six stations, being two more than last year.

Only four stations have not sent in returns, which sent them in last year,[12] but, to make up for this, we have gained six from stations which sent us none last year,[13] besides adding one from one of the new stations.[14]

[12] Devaar; Pladda; Lamlash; Little Ross.

[13] Stornoway; Ushenish; Kyleakin; Lismore; Turnberry; Douglas Head.

[14] Bahama Bank (L.V.).

A marked improvement is apparent in these returns, and it is evident that very general interest is being taken in the work. Altogether, our west coast returns are quite satisfactory, and it gives us much pleasure to think that the first year's reports have really interested our obliging correspondents. We hope that the present general report will succeed in enlisting the whole body in the service. We can as yet only repeat, that we believe that interesting and curious results will in time be arrived at; but we deprecate any attempt at present to arrive at these, desiring first a firm basis of facts to build upon, which can only be obtained by continued attention and careful record, for a few years longer, of a large mass of statistics.

The stations from which co-operation was asked are the following, commencing with the most northerly—Cape Wrath. Those from which returns have been received are marked with a *; those which sent returns both last year and this have two **; those which sent none last year but have done so this year have a † prefixed; those which sent returns last year but none this year are printed in italics. Stations added this year have the date, 1880, preceding them.

West Coast of Scotland.
Mainland.
Height of centre of
light above water.
81.**Cape Wrath.400ft.John M'Gill.
82.**Rhu Stoir.195William Wither.
Outer Hebrides.
83.**Butt of Lewis.140George Edgar.
84.†Stornoway.56John Grierson.
85.*Island Glass.130William Innes.
86.**Monach Island.{ Upper 150 }
{ Lower 62 }		James Youngclause.
87.†Ushenish.176Peter Carrie.
88.Barra Head.683
Mainland, Skye, and Inner Hebrides.
89.Rona, Skye.222
90.†Kyleakin, Rosspire.53David M'Culloch.
91.**Isle Ornsay, Skye.58James Loughten.
92.**Ardnamurchan Point, Argyleshire.180David Laidlaw.
93.{Hynish Signal Tower, Tiree. }150William Crow.
94.**{Skerryvore, off Tiree. }
95.**Dhuheartach, S.W. of Ross of Mull.145James Ewing.
96.**Sound of Mull, Mull.55William M'Lellan.
97.Corran Ferry, Loch Eil.38
98.†Lismore Island, Oban.103Alexander Murray.
99.*Fladda, Easdale.42
100.**Rhuvaal, Islay.147David Spink.
101.*M'Arthur's Head, Islay.128
102.**Skervuile, Jura.73John Ewing.
103.**Rhinns of Islay.150Andrew Lyall.
104.**Lochindaul, Islay.50William Maill.
105.Mull of Kintyre.297
106.Sanda, Kintyre Sound.165
107.Devaar, Kintyre.120
108.Pladda, Arran.130
109.Lamlash, Arran.46
110.†Turnberry, Ayrshire.96Andrew Nisbet.
111.**Corsewall, Wigtown.112Robert Laidlaw.
112.**Loch Ryan, Wigtown.46Ralph Ewing.
113.**Portpatrick, Wigtown.37James Beggs.
114.**Mull of Galloway, Wigtown.325N. Morrison.
115.Little Ross, Kirkcudbright.175
116.**Point of Ayre, Isle of Man.106James Blythe.
117.†Douglas Head, Isle of Man.104Alexander M'Donald.
118.Chickens Rock, Isle of Man.122
119.*1880.—Bahama Bank, Isle of Man (L.V.)‡ — Johns.
120.1880.—Langness Lighthouse, do.