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Enclosure book for Minute book number 35 [Ref no: MB 35]

Catalogue reference: MBE 10

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Reference
MBE 10
Title
Enclosure book for Minute book number 35 [Ref no: MB 35]
Date
1891 - 1892
Description

Attached fold-out chart cutting, chart number 240, England, South Coast, Plymouth, Hamoaze, Surveyed by Commander H L [Henry Laird] Cox, Royal Navy, assisted by Messrs A B [Alexander Burns] Usborne and J E [John E] Davis, Masters, Royal Navy, 1857, depicting Mount Edgecumbe and Mount Wise, page 26.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 668, Africa, East Coast, Lamu, Manda & Patta Bays and Approaches, Surveyed by Commander W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton and the Officers of HMS Fawn, 1878, page 57.
2 Loose sheets, entitled 'Stock taking of Naval Stores and mode of dealing with losses and deficiencies, page 62.
Attached envelope, 'Gibraltar, Coal Hulks and Man of War Anchorages', containing letter from the Hydrographer, dated 3rd April 1891, detailing the removal of two Coal Hulks, Gibraltar; also folded chart cutting, Gibraltar, to illustrate proposals made by Vice-Admiral Sir M [Michael] Culme-Seymour, March 1891, page 72.
Attached cutting of chart number 114c, Scotland, East Coast, Firth of Forth, Queensferry to Stirling, from Queensferry to Kincardine Surveyed by Lieutenant F W L Thomas, Royal Navy, 1851, Kincardine to Alloa Surveyed by Commander A B [Alexander Bridport] Becher, Royal Navy, 1851, Alloa to Stirling Surveyed by Lieutenant F A [Frederick Augustus] Cudlip, Royal Navy, 1850, page 87.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Pembrokeshire, the Pennar Flats, Hazelbeach and the Ferry House there, annotated with 'Latona', showing the approximate position of HMS Latona, page 111.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Hayling Island and Portsea Island, Hampshire, England, including Portsmouth, showing the proposed Rifle Range across Langston Channel, page 147.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Sheerness and Sheerness Harbour, on the North-west side of the Isle of Sheppey, North Kent, England, including Garrison Point and Lapwell Bank, page 159.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting Mindoro, Philippines, the Mindoro Strait and the Calamianes, Palawan, including Tablas Island, Romblon, Philippines, page 179.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, England, East Coast, Tees Bay, Surveyed by Commander Slater, Royal Navy, 1838, and by E K [Edward Killwick] Calver, Master, Royal Navy, 1853, Hartlepool corrected from Staff Commander Tizard's Survey, 1884, Tees Bar and River resounded by Mr John Fowler, CE, 1885, page 203.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting Plymouth, St Nicholas or Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound, Mill Bay, Turnchapel and Oreston, page 221.
Attached cutting of chart number 114b, Scotland, East Coast, Firth of Forth, Fisherrow to Queensferry, Surveyed by Lieutenant F W L Thomas, Royal Navy, assisted by H J [Henry James] Sutton and W T [William Thomas] Clifton, Second Masters, HMS Woodlark, 1850 - 4, with additions and corrections to 1887, annotated with 'Moorings for Caledonia amended position', page 232.
Attached small cutting of chart number 1849, Africa, South Coast, Simons Bay, Surveyed by Sir Edward Belcher, CB, 1846, with additions by Captain O [Owen] Stanley, 1847, page 234.
Attached fold-out plan, entitled 'Plan showing the result of the determination of parallel of 4 degrees 10' North on East Coast Borneo, and examination of Rivers in vicinity, June, 1891, Black from preliminary surveys by British Officers, Red from Dutch charts, Drawn up in Hydrographic Office, depicting East and West Nonokong Islands, Bukat Island, Bukat River, Sibuko River and Sebattik Island, off the Eastern coast of Borneo, partly within Indonesia and partly within Malaysia, including Sibuko or St Lucia Bay, included in A4 booklet, 'Borneo, Confidential, Admiralty to the Foreign Office, received September 26th', page 240.
Attached chart cutting, depicting the sea North of Portland Castle, Dorset, England, including the Merchant Ships Anchorage, page 273.
Attached chart cutting, chart number 882, England, South Coast, Tamar River, Surveyed by Captain J [John] Lort Stokes, Royal Navy, 1862, the Topography is taken from the Ordnance Survey, page 284.
Attached envelope, 'Duplication of Chart Plates', containing correspondence between W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton and Elmore's Company, requesting Elmore's Company to produce some duplicate copper electrotype plates; at first Elmore's Company wrote back to say that they cannot achieve this, and it was resolved by agreeing to create one experimental prototype to see if it was acceptable to W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, all dated June and July 1891, page 289.
Attached envelope, 'Connection between a Surveying Service and H M Navy', containing A4 sheets, from Hydrographer, October 1891, entitled 'Memorandum on the connection between a Surveying Service and Her Majesty's Navy', signed by W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, page 292.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting South Foreland, St Margaret's Bay and Kingsdown, Dover, Kent, England, and the coast to the East, including South Sand Head, showing where a Dredger was to be positioned, page 300.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Turnchapel, Hooe Lake, Jennycliff Bay, Oreston and Cattewater, Plymouth, Devon, England, page 304.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 144, Gibraltar, Surveyed by Captain P [Pelham] Aldrich, assisted by Lieutenants A [Arthur] Havergal, C J [Casper Joseph] Baker, H B [Henry Brooke] Anson & W [Wyndham] Richardson, HMS Sylvia, 1885, the coast line and Topography are taken from the Ordnance Survey Maps, 1869, annotated with 'Eastern Coaling Station for Mercantile Marine proposed by Colonial Engineer S [Sechwell] Buckle, CE', dated 29th September 1891, page 312.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting Dover, Kent, including the Tidal Harbour, Railway Station, Wellington and Granville Docks, annotated with 'Proposed Harbour Works' and 'Depth of 18 feet', 'Depth of 25 feet', page 318.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 1115, China, The Upper Yang-Tse Kiang, Yoh-Chau-Fu to Kwei-Chau-Fu, by L S [Llewellyn Styles] Dawson, Sub Lieutenant & F I [Francis Ingram] Palmer, Navigating Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Navy, April 1869, the Soundings in upright figures and the adjacent banks marked in light dots are from an examination by Commander [Charles B] Theobald and the Officers of HMS Kestrel 1877, page 323.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting Falmouth, Pendennis Point, Pendennis Castle, Trewenack and the Railway, Cornwall, England, page 372.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Plymouth, Devon, England, including Turnchapel, Clovelly Bay, Deadman Bay and Mount Batten, annotated with 'Phoenix Pier', situated at Baltic Wharf, page 380.
Loose note, addressed to W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer to the Admiralty, London, SW, England, signed by Vincent L Ourdan, Paris, France, dated December 25th 1891, in which Vincent L Ourdan is describing an engraving machine, and asking the Hydrographer to refer to the US Hydrographic chart number 1255, showing Shanghai Harbour, as an example of the work done by the machine, and offering to go to London and show it to him in person, page 384.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 601, Africa, West Coast, Isles do Los to Sherbro Island, from the Surveys of Captain W F W [William Fitzwilliam] Owen and A T E [Alexander Thomas Emeric] Vidal, Commander T Botcher and Lieutenant G A [George Augustus] Bedford, Royal Navy, 1826 - 36, with additions by other Officers to 1880, page 386.
Loose sheet, entitled 'Whitehead Torpedo Exercise, Admiralty', dated 1st October 1886, signed by Evan MacGregor, page 400.
3 Attached chart cuttings, all three of the same survey, chart number 114b, Scotland, East Coast, Firth of Forth, Fisherrow to Queensferry, Surveyed by Lieutenant F W L Thomas, Royal Navy, assisted by H J [Henry James] Sutton and W T [William Thomas] Clifton, Second Masters, HMS Woodlark, 1850 - 4, with additions and corrections to 1887, all page 406.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 2793, England, South Coast, Isle of Wight, Cowes Harbour, Surveyed by Staff Captain J [John] Parsons, Royal Navy, and Officers of HMS Porcupine, 1880 - 1, page 407.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Gilkicker Point, Gilkicker Fort and Fort Monkton, South coast of England, Gosport, Hampshire, including the Solent, Gilkicker Bank, Harrow Bank and Monkton Patch, page 431.
Attached envelope, 'Gibraltar', containing 2 cuttings of chart number 144, Gibraltar, Surveyed by Captain P [Pelham] Aldrich, assisted by Lieutenants A [Arthur] Havergal, C J [Casper Joseph] Baker, H B [Henry Brooke] Anson & W [Wyndham] Richardson, HMS Sylvia, 1885, the coast line and Topography are taken from the Ordnance Survey Maps, 1869, both annotated with 'Positions for 6 First Class Moorings and 3 Second Class Moorings', one also annotated with 'Amended in accordance with suggestion of Commander-in-Chief 25th May 1892, page 437.
Attached chart cutting, chart number 114b, Scotland, East Coast, Firth of Forth, Fisherrow to Queensferry, Surveyed by Lieutenant F W L Thomas, Royal Navy, assisted by H J [Henry James] Sutton and W T [William Thomas] Clifton, Second Masters, HMS Woodlark, 1850 - 4, with additions and corrections to 1887, page 479.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, chart number 144, Gibraltar, Surveyed by Captain P [Pelham] Aldrich, assisted by Lieutenants A [Arthur] Havergal, C J [Casper Joseph] Baker, H B [Henry Brooke] Anson & W [Wyndham] Richardson, HMS Sylvia, 1885, the coast line and Topography are taken from the Ordnance Survey Maps, 1869, annotated with 'Future Mole' and 'To be taken in hand', page 495.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting Portland Harbour and the Gas Lamps off the coast of Weymouth, including the 'Arc of visibility of Light', page 496.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Constance Cove, British Columbia, Canada, including Thetis Island Naval Store, Lang Cove and Pilgrim Cove, annotated with 'Part recommended with Commander-in-Chief to be purchased', with Dallas Bank highlighted, from the Indian Village to Skinner Cove, page 498.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting the South west coast of Greece, including Port Petala, Scropha Point, Oxia Island, Petala Island and the Echinades Islands, in the Mediterranean, annotated with 'Port tinted Red to be surveyed on four inches to the mile', page 529

Held by
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) Archive
Former department reference
HH 74
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/29068bbd-e13f-46dd-b7e2-0f9583862359/

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