Enclosure book for Minute book number 36 [Ref no: MB 36]

Attached envelope, 'Red Sea Lighting Southern Part', containing the following documents: firstly, notes by the Hydrographer, dated the 22nd June 1892, suggesting 3 different ideas on where to place lighting in the Strait of Mandeb at the southern entrance into the Red Sea, between Jebel Tier to Perim Island; secondly, 3 chart cuttings of the same area showing all 3 ideas, annotated with 'Proposed Lights No 1', 'Proposed Lights No 2', and 'Proposed Lights No 3', page 5.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, including Sheerness, Maplin and the Medway River, annotated with 'Showing depositing areas off Sheerness Bar', page 6.
Loose sheet, dated 11th July 1892, addressed to the Hydrographer, informing that 'Their Lordships have approved the following appointment', informing him that G C Frederick has been taken on for 3 years as the Surveying Officer for Special Business, at the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, as Vice Staff Commander W [William] Pearce had died, page 20.
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 51.
Attached mini chart cutting, depicting Southampton, Hampshire, England, Dibden Bay, Empress Dock, Itchen Spit and the Docks, page 59.
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 64.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Catalan Bay, on the East coast of Gibraltar, including the Rifle Ranges and Middle Hill, page 128.
Loose sheets, from the Exchequer and Audit, dated the 29th June 1896, beginning 'Query as to whether the arrangement under which the Civilian Assistant Surveyors, Newfoundland Survey receive a higher rate of pay during the winter months than during the Surveying Season has received the approval of their Lordships', now attached to page 140.
Attached small fold-out chart cutting, depicting Hong Kong, Putoy Group, Lamma Island, West Lamma Channel, Kau Lung (Kowloon) Peninsula and Chunghue, page 164.
Attached chart number 914, Ceylon, South West Coast, Colombo Harbour, from Surveys supplied by Sir John Coode, CE, 1878 & 1885, coastline and Topography chiefly from a plan published by the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta, 1878, annotated with 'Red shows works recommended for execution, Green shows works open for future consideration, Copied from a plan accompanying Sir John Coode's Report, 17th July 1891', page 182.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 2050, England, South Coast, Spithead and Approach from the Eastward, surveyed by Captain [William Louis] Sheringham, Royal Navy, 1848, with additions by Staff Commander D [Daniel] Hall, Royal Navy, to 1869, including Langston Harbour, Langston Bar and Hayling Island, Havant, Hampshire, England, page 182.
Attached small cutting of chart number 32, England, South Coast, Falmouth Harbour, surveyed by Captain G [George] Williams, Royal Navy and Mr J S [James Stephen] Wells, Master, Royal Navy, assisted by Lieutenant A [Augustus T J] Bullock, 1853, page 185.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 2268, England, South Coast, Portland Harbour, Surveyed by Staff Commander D [Daniel] Hall, Royal Navy, Assisted by Navigating Lieutenant F J [Frederick John] Ray, Royal Navy, 1872, page 205.
Attached cutting of chart 1491, England, East Coast, Harwich Harbour, Surveyed by Captain J [John] Washington & E K [Edward Killwick] Calver, Master, Royal Navy, HMS Shearwater, 1842, Re-Surveyed by Staff Commander J [John] Parsons, Assisted by Navigating Lieutenants J H [John H] Ellis, G A [George Alexander] Browning & F W [Frederick William] Jarrad, Royal Navy, HMS Porcupine, 1872, page 246.
Attached small cutting of chart number 143, Red Sea, Jebel Teir to Perim Island, from Surveys by Commanders W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, P [Pelham] Aldrich and the Officers of HMS Fawn, 1877 - 82, and from earlier works by Officers of the late Indian Navy, including Great Hanish Island, page 285.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 1607, River Thames, North Foreland to the Nore, Surveyed by Staff Commander E K [Edward Killwick] Calver, Royal Navy, assisted by E C [Edwin Charles] Davison, Paymaster and G H [George Hastings] Inskip, Master, Royal Navy, 1862 - 3, annotated with 'Depositing area', 'Watch vessel' and 'Shows area as revised by Hydrographer and sent with his submission dated 16th March 1893', page 292.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, showing the East coast of the Isle of Wight and the Solent up to Chichester and Langston Bars, including Bembridge Point and Horse and Dean Sands, 'Area in which Admiralty hope no deposit will be made is tinted in red', page 293.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Devon and the areas around Plymouth, including Devonport, Hamoaze, Stonehouse and Weston Mill Lake, annotated with 'Encroachments below High Water line by private individuals', page 305.
Attached mini cutting of chart number 1834, River Medway, Surveyed by Captain F [Frederick] Bullock, Royal Navy, 1840, including Rochester, Strood and Bridge, Limehouse and Chatham Reaches, Medway, Kent, England, page 323.
Attached chart cutting, depicting the North West coast of Mahe Island, Seychelles, Indian Ocean, and the Proposed line for a cable, page 324.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Port Louis, Mauritius, also annotated with 'Proposed line for cables', also page 324.
Attached small cutting of chart number 1267, England, South Coast, Approaches to Plymouth, from the various Admiralty Surveys by Captains G [George] Williams and J L [John Lort] Stokes, Commander H L [Henry Laird] Cox, and J S [James Stephen] Wells, J E [John E] Davis and A B [Alexander Burns] Usborne, Masters Royal Navy, 1855 to 1864, Topography chiefly from the Ordnance Survey, page 327.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Dun Laoghaire Harbour and Carlisle Pier, Dublin, East Ireland, annotated with 'Latona as proposed by Harbour Master at Kingstown', page 338.
Attached chart cutting, depicting North Kent including Swale and Medway, Sheerness Harbour and Sheppey Gas Works, page 344.
Attached chart cutting, depicting the areas of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, including Deira, Khor Bahrani, Bander Al Ghawi and Alafdan, page 346.
Attached tracing, depicting Catwater and Turnchapel, Devon, England, Traced from the Ordnance Survey Devonshire Sheet, showing remains of old quays and the proposed quay that was never built, page 370.
Attached mini cutting of chart number 1834, River Medway, Surveyed by Captain F [Frederick] Bullock, Royal Navy, 1840, including Rochester, Strood and Bridge and Limehouse Reaches, Medway, Kent, England, annotated with 'Phoenix Cement Company', shown near to the Cement Works, Bridge Reach, page 380.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, depicting the Royal Dock Yard, Gillingham Reach, Medway, North Kent, England, page 385.
Attached 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, page 388.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, Plymouth Sound and Hamoaze, annotated with 'Area coloured red to be dredged to a depth of 31 feet at the lowest possible tide, which is 2 feet 3 inches below the zero of the Automatic Tide Gauge at the Master Attendant's jetty', page 427.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Flatholm, an island situated in the Bristol Channel in the Vale of Glamorgan, but in the city and county of Cardiff, including Lavernock Point, Vale of Glamorgan, between Penarth and Sully, Wales, page 443.
Attached small chart cutting, chart number 30, Plymouth Sound & Hamoaze, Surveyed by Commander H L [Henry Laird] Cox, A B [Alexander Burns] Usborne & J E [John E] Davis, Masters, Royal Navy, 1856 - 60, page 487.
Attached envelope, 'Defences, Improvements at Home Points', containing A4 documents including correspondence between Frank Haslewood, Staff Commander, Hydrographic Department, 23 Clarendon Place, Citadel Road, Plymouth, and W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer, dated between April and August 1893, including the following documents: firstly, folded plan showing Soundings round Drake Island, Plymouth Sound, annotated with 'Soundings taken on Devils Bridge, the Winter Shoal and the Melampus Shoal, April 1893, the ground enclosed by red lines has been sounded the lines continuing to the Bottom Shores', signed by F [Frank] Haslewood, Staff Commander; secondly, tracing showing Drake Island, Drake Point and Beacon Buoys, Plymouth Sound, annotated with 'Tracing from Captain Cox's Manuscript for comparison with soundings of present survey, Traced by Mr Ashton', signed by Frank Haslewood, Staff Commander, dated 30th April 1893; thirdly, another tracing of the same area annotated with 'Tracing showing the positions of A, B and C whence bottoms are forwarded by parcel post', signed by Frank Haslewood, Staff Commander, dated 15th May 1893; fourthly, large fold-out tracing of the same area, annotated with 'Plymouth Sound, Tracing showing positions from which dredged surface bottoms have been obtained, The numbers correspond with those on the specimens', signed by Frank Haslewood, Staff Commander, dated 27th June 1893; and lastly, folded chart cutting, showing Plymouth Sound, St Nicholas or Drakes Island, Hamoaze, Millbrook Lake and the Deer Park, Plymouth, all tied together with a pink bow, page 502.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting the Stonehouse, St Nicholas or Drakes Island, Plymouth Sound, Mill Bay, Tidal Basin and Inner Basin, Plymouth, Devon, England, page 578.
Attached envelope, 'Keyham, Extension of Yard and Coaling arrangements', containing the following correspondence: letter to Captain [William James Lloyd] Wharton from the H M Dockyard in Devonport, dated October 6th 1893; letter addressed to Captain Wharton, from W J Rowe, H M Dockyard, Portsmouth, dated 2nd October 1893; letter from James Cole, Staff Captain, H M Dockyard, Chatham, dated October 5th 1893; notes from Hydrographer W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, all recommending or requesting that the width of the Chatham Basins be increased from 700 feet to 1,000 feet in order to accommodate larger vessels and to aid with turning, berthing, loading and unloading large machinery, boilers etc, page 522