Enclosure book for Minute book number 32 [Ref no: MB 32]

Attached chart cutting, chart number 2814, Scotland, West Coast, Argyllshire, Loch Linnhe, Southern Part, Surveyed by Commander E J [Edward James] Bedford, Commander R B [Richard B] Creyke & Mr F J [Frederick John] Ray, Master Royal Navy, 1860, including Loch Etive, page 8.
Attached envelope, 'Submarine mining at Broughty Ferry', containing folded cutting of chart number 1481, Scotland, East Coast, River Tay, Surveyed by D Cunningham, MICE, FRSE, 1883 - 4, The Entrance seaward of the Light ship from a Survey by Staff Commander T H [Thomas Henry] Tizard, Royal Navy, 1885, Some of the Topographical features are taken from the Ordnance Surveys, page 12.
Attached envelope, 'Submarine mining at Greenock', containing folded chart cutting, chart number 2132, Scotland, West Coast, between Toward and Westfarland Points, Surveyed by Captain C G [Charles Gepp] Robinson, Royal Navy, 1846, also page 12.
Attached envelope, 'Portsmouth Bar', containing folded cutting of chart 2631, Portsmouth Harbour, England, South Coast, Surveyed by Captain [William Louis] Sheringham, Royal Navy, Assisted by Lieutenants [Henry Charles] Otter, [William Harvey] Church and [James] Wood, and Mr [John Scott] Taylor, Master, Royal Navy in 1840, Corrected to 1858, page 53.
Attached envelope, 'Fees for rating Private Chronometers Correspondence with Captain Swainson', containing correspondence between H G [Henry Gabriel] Swainson, The College Observatory, H M Dockyard, Plymouth and Portsmouth Observatory, discussing fees for Rating Private Chronometers and whether or not it is interfering with the trade of Private Watchmakers, 1887, page 70.
Attached envelope, 'Browndown Chart', containing small 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 to 1869, page 76.
Attached envelope, 'Australian Surveys etc, account of Surveys', containing an account of Surveys, Australian Surveys generally, including cost and responsibility of payment, 'the Proportion payable by the Colonies of Queensland and Vietnam', dated 19th December 1877, page 117.
Attached envelope, 'Carrington's Spheroidal Tables', containing correspondence between Captain W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer and R Carrington, Northampton Villa, Freemantle, Hants, dated 1887, discussing printing more copies of the booklet 'Spheroidal Tables', and also a proof copy of the booklet itself, page 118.
Attached cutting of chart number 1698, England, South Coast, Dover Bay, Surveyed by Staff Commander J [John] Parsons, Royal Navy, assisted by Staff Commander J H [James H] Ellis & Navigating Lieutenant G A [George Alexander] Browning, Royal Navy, HMS Porcupine, 1873, also page 118.
Loose sheets, 'Draft Estimate for Financial Year 1888 - 9', dated 26th October 1887, page 133.
Attached cutting of chart number 2202, South Atlantic Ocean, Eastern Portion, Published at the Admiralty February 13th 1871, under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral G H Richards, FRS, Hydrographer, Corrections January 1872, May 1879, page 143.
Attached envelope, 'Reef Passages at Bermuda', containing folded chart cutting, North Atlantic Ocean, Bermuda Islands, compiled from the most recent Admiralty Surveys, 1876, page 197.
Attached envelope, 'Congo and Gaboon, French, German and Portuguese Territory', containing the following documents: firstly, folded cutting of chart number 1361, West Coast of Africa, Fernanda Po to Cape Lopez, Surveyed by Captain W F W [William Fitzwilliam] Owen, Royal Navy, 1826 and Captain A T E [Alexander Thomas Emeric] Vidal and Lieutenant Bedford, 1836 - 1838; secondly, folded cutting of chart number 604, Africa, West Coast, Cape Lopez Bay to St Paul de Loanda, compiled chiefly from sketch surveys by Captain W F W [William Fitzwilliam] Owen, HMS 'Leven', 1825, with additions to 1881, page 199.
Loose sheets: firstly, a letter from John Gunn, Librarian at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society, 80A Princes Street, Edinburgh, dated 30th January 1888, written to the Secretary, Admiralty, Whitehall, London, requesting for the Pilots and Sailing Directions to be kept in the Library in Edinburgh; secondly, a reply from the Admiralty, dated 7th February 1888 and addressed to John Gunn, Librarian, Royal Scottish Geographical Society, granting his request, page 224.
Attached envelope, 'Portland Petroleum Bye Laws', containing Official Rules and Byelaws for the Regulation of the Carriage and Landing of Petroleum in the Harbour and Port of Portland, made under the authority of the Petroleum Acts, 1871 and 1879, page 227.
Attached envelope, 'Stork, East Africa Work (Charts)', containing 2 folded charts; firstly, chart number 664, The East Coast of Africa, Including the Islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, Surveyed by Commander W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Royal Navy and the Officers of HMS Shearwater and Fawn, 1873 - 8; secondly, folded chart number 1811, Africa, East Coast, Chala Point to Kwyhu Bay, by Captain W F W [William Fitzwilliam] Owen, Royal Navy, HMS Leven, 1824, with additions and corrections to 1881, page 253.
Attached chart cutting, showing position of Buoys in the Solent, off Browndown Point, Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire, including Ryde Middle, page 257.
Attached 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, & G H [George Hastings] Inskip, Master, Royal Navy, 1862 - 3, including the Isle of Sheppey, Thames Estuary, mouth of the River Medway, North Kent, page 269.
Attached envelope, 'Triton, 1888 work, Parts to be sounded (Charts)', containing 2 folded surveys; firstly, 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, & G H [George Hastings] Inskip, Master, Royal Navy, 1862 - 3; secondly, folded cutting of chart number 1975, England, East Coast, River Thames, Kentish Knock and The Naze to the West Swin, Surveyed by Staff Captain J [John] Parsons, Royal Navy, 1877, The Banks and Channels outside the Wallet are taken from Surveys by Captain F [Frederick] Bullock, Royal Navy, 1844 - 9 & Staff Commander E K [Edward Killwick] Calver, Royal Navy, 1863 - 4, both showing areas to be re-sounded, page 270.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Looe Bay, Cornwall, England, including East Looe and Nailzee Point, page 280.
Attached envelope, 'Dock accommodation for 1st class Ironclads', containing a series of documents including: a note to the Accountant General from W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer, dated the 20th March 1888, requesting a list of private Docks in the Colonies which are subsidised by the Government; a note stating 'The Dock at Whampoa is really at Aberdeen, Hong Kong, It and the one at Kowloon belong to the Whampoa and Hong Kong Company' ; and a Complete list of Docks in the world (exclusive of Europe) suitable for First Class Ironclads, page 291.
Attached envelope, 'Medway Buoys', containing the following documents: firstly, Notice to Mariners, Number 379 of the year 1888, England, East Coast, River Medway Entrance, Additional Buoys Placed, signed by W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer, Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, dated 7th December 1888; secondly, folded cutting of chart number 1185, River Thames, Sea Reach, Surveyed by Staff Commander Tizard, Royal Navy, Assisted by Navigating Lieutenants [Philip David] Ouless, Hammond and Wright, Royal Navy, 1883, page 299.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Portland, Weymouth and West Bay, Dorset, England, page 305.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Falmouth, Penryn and St Mawes Harbour, Cornwall, England, annotated with 'Present position of Ganges', page 307. 25) Attached 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 317.
Attached envelope, 'Avocet Rock', containing documents describing the discovery of Avocet Rock in the Red Sea by HMS 'Stork' in 1888, including: telegrams from the Secretary of the Admiralty at Whitehall, London, to the Commander in Chiefs, Mediterranean and the East Indies; the reply acknowledging the receipt of the telegraph from C Turner, Resident Transport Officer and Agent of Government of India in Egypt, dated the 29th April 1888; Notice to Mariners, number 115 of the year 1888, Red Sea, Position of Avocet Rock, signed by W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer, Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 30th April 1888; telegram from the Admiralty to the Admiral in Malta, dated the 30th April 1888, instructing HMS Sylvia to proceed to the Red Sea to continue examination of area South and West of Lebayir Island; and some more notes on Avocet Rock in the Red Sea, which 'Avocet' and 'Teddington' both struck in 1887, page 358.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Southampton, Hampshire, including Calshot Castle, Warsash and the River Hamble, annotated with 'Proposed area for deposit of dredging', page 427.
Attached envelope, 'Limits of Dockyard Port of Chatham and Sheerness, Commander in Chief etc', containing the following documents: firstly, booklet number 18, At the Court at Windsor, the 29th Day of June, 1888, enclosed in which is a fold-out survey, 'To accompany Order in Council dated 29th June 1888, under Dockyard Ports Regulation Act, 1865, Chatham and Sheerness' ; secondly, another separate copy of the same folded chart, page 466.
Attached envelope, 'Coaling jetty at Portland', containing tracing depicting the Coal Stores at Portland, including the Space for Future Extension, the Existing Camber Wooden jetty and the Existing Admiralty Railway, page 480.
Attached envelope, 'Cook Islands', containing small chart cutting, depicting the Cook Islands and the dates in 1888 that the British flag was hoisted on each, annotated with 'Report of Captain E [Edmund George] Bourke, HMS Hyacinth, dated 13th November 1888', page 494.
Attached envelope, 'Mutton Cove', containing folded tracing entitled 'Mutton Cove Landing Steps', depicting the Existing Pier, and the Proposed Landing at Mutton Cove, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, page 495.
Attached envelope, 'Electrical Sea Sounder', containing the following documents: firstly, a newspaper cutting from The Oban Telegraph, dated July 13th 1888, with an article describing the 'New Patent Electrical Deep-Sea Sounding Instrument'; secondly, a folded Report with notes and instructions on how to use the new equipment, dated 20th August 1888, specifying the price to be around £35; thirdly, 'Card F', 'Cooper & Wigzell's Patent Electrical Sea Sounder, Billiter House, London, EC', with the end torn off; fourthly, monochrome photograph on a business card, entitled 'Recorder for Electrical Sea Sounding Apparatus', on the reverse of the card 'Photographers to Her Majesty the Queen by Special Royal Warrant and Their Royal Highnesses The Prince & Princess of Wales, Miniature & Portrait Painters A & G Taylor, 70 & 78 Queen Victoria Street, 129 Fenchurch Street, G2 & G4 Ludgate Hill, Forest Lodge, London Road, Forest Hill, London' ; and lastly, a booklet, 'Cooper & Wigzell's Patent Electrical Sea Sounding Instrument', annotated with a note on the front, 'This Book of Instructions (1st Proof) was obtained by Staff Commander Pearce from the Inventors on their explaining the Instrument August 16th 1888, also the attached photograph showing the Recorder fixed in its own box and also Card F for recording Soundings up to 50 fathoms', page 502.
Attached envelope, 'Milford, Temporary Torpedo Ground at', containing small chart cutting, depicting Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, and the South West Coast of Wales including Thorn Island and Thorn Point, annotated with 'Proposed temporary Torpedo Ground' and 'Proposed Buoy', page 549