Enclosure book for Minute book number 34 [Ref no: MB 34]

Attached envelope, 'Alderney', containing folded chart cutting, English Channel, Alderney Harbour, showing West Breakwater off the Channel Islands, including Roselle Point, Guernsey, page 2.
Attached envelope, 'Steam trials in Start Bay', containing folded chart cutting, depicting Brixham, Dartmouth and Totnes, including the River Dart, Start Bay and Start Point, page 94.
Attached envelope, 'Foreign Station Limits', containing the following documents: firstly, note from the Hydrographer, dated the 19th February 1890, beginning with 'I see no reason why the recommendations of the Committee on changes in Naval Stations should not be carried out' ; secondly, folded A4 booklet, Confidential, Report of the Committee, Appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, to consider and report on the limits of Naval Stations abroad, dated 1890, page 129.
Attached envelope, 'Milford Docks Bill, 1890', containing the following documents: firstly, notes from W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer, dated February 1890, commenting on the length of the proposed Pier at Milford Docks; secondly, notes dated the 17th February 1890, entitled 'Milford Docks Bill 1890', listing Sections requiring consideration when thinking about the pier at Milford Docks; thirdly, folded cutting of chart number 2393, England, West Coast, Milford Haven, Surveyed by Staff Commander W E [William Edwin] Archdeacon, Royal Navy, Assisted by Staff Commanders J G [John G] Boulton & F W [Frederick William] Jarrad & Mr G Jamieson, Royal Navy, 1882, Pembroke Reach Surveyed by Staff Commander G [George] Stanley, Royal Navy, 1877, Turbot Bank and offshore Soundings from Commander Alldridge's Survey, 1852 - 4, page 131.
Attached envelope, 'Rock at Mount Batten', containing small chart cutting, depicting Plymouth Turnchapel, Clovelly Bay, Oreston, Hooe Lake, Batten Bay and Mount Batten, page 142.
Attached envelope, 'Plymouth, Whitehead Torpedo Range', containing the following documents: firstly, Notice to Mariners number 222 of the year 1890, England - South Coast, Plymouth Sound, Regulations during Whitehead Torpedo Practice, signed by W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer, Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, dated 1st May 1890; secondly, Note from the Hydrographer attached to chart cutting, dated 3rd April 1890, to return to the Commander-in-Chief Devonport, together with the aforementioned Notice to Mariners; thirdly, folded chart cutting, depicting Jennycliff and Bovisand Bays, Staddon Heights, Reny Point and Wembury Point, Plymouth, page 181.
Attached small chart cutting, depicting Chatham, including Gun Wharf, Chatham Barracks and Melville Hospital, page 230.
Attached envelope, 'Stork, Hydrographic Instructions, 1890, Zambesi', containing the following documents: firstly, Notes from the Hydrographer, dated 23rd May 1890, 'Hydrographic Instructions for Lieutenant A F [Andrew Francis] Balfour, H M Surveying Vessel Stork' ; secondly, small folded chart cutting, depicting Mahe and Praslin Islands, Seychelles, the area around Mahe Island annotated with 'To be surveyed on a scale of two inches to a nautic mile' ; thirdly, larger folded chart cutting, Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Mahe Island, Approaches to Port Victoria, Surveyed by Captain W F W [William Fitzwilliam] Owen, Royal Navy, & the Officers of HMS Leven & Barracouta, 1825, the Inner Harbour by Commander W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Royal Navy & the Officers of HMS Fawn, 1877, page 241.
Attached envelope, 'Paluma, Hydrographic Instructions, Chart in re', containing fold-out chart cutting, Australia, North and East Coast, Cape Grenville to Booby Island, the Barrier Reefs and Raine Island Entrance, Surveyed by Captain F [Francis Price] Blackwood, Lieutenant C B [Charles Bampfield] Yule, Mr F J [Frederick J O] Evans, Master and D [David] Aird, Mate, HMS Fly, 1843 - 5, Inner Route & Coastline by Captain Owen Stanley, Lieutenants C B [Charles Bampfield] Yule, J [Joseph] Dayman, H G [Henry George] Simpson, & Mr Obree, HMS Rattlesnake, 1847 - 9, Additions by Captain [Henry M] Denham, HMS Herald, 1860, Captain [George Edward] Richards, HMS Hecate, 1863 and Commander [George Strong] Nares, HMS Salamander, 1867, page 249.
Attached envelope, 'Reserved Anchorage ground for H M Ships at Bombay and Trincomali', containing the following documents: firstly, notes written by the Hydrographer, dated 29th May 1890, describing the letters to be written to the India Office and Colonial Office; secondly, folded cutting of chart number 655, Port of Bombay, Surveyed by Navigating Lieutenants E W [Eaton Wallace] Petley & T C [Thomas Charles] Pascoe, Royal Navy, 1880 - 1, annotated with 'Anchorage Reserved for Indian Marine Vessels and Men-of-War' ; thirdly, folded chart cutting, depicting Trincomali Harbour, Sri Lanka, Indian Ocean, including Great Sober Island, Small Sober Island, Ostenberg Ridge and China Bay, annotated with 'Man of War Anchorage', page 252.
2 cuttings of chart number 941a, Eastern Archipelago, Western Portion, including the Java Sea, and the Southern passages to China, compiled from the most recent British & Dutch Surveys, 1867; 8 chart cuttings, as follows: 3 cuttings of chart number 941b, showing the opposite sheet from chart number 941a; 2 cuttings of chart number 942a, showing the opposite sheet from chart number 942b; and finally one cutting from chart number 942b, Eastern Archipelago, Eastern Portion, including the Flores, Banda and Arafura Seas and the Eastern Passages to China, compiled from various authorities, page 303.
Attached envelope, 'Moorings at Portland', containing small folded chart cutting, depicting the Inner Breakwater and Outer Breakwater off Portland, dated July 1890, showing where to berth 6 new Battle Ships and 3 new Cruisers, and the estimated cost, page 324.
Attached fold-out survey, depicting Plymouth, entitled 'To accompany Order in Council, Plymouth', including Plymouth Sound, Cawsand, Bovisand and Jennycliff Bays, Nicholas or Drake Island, Hamoaze and Millbrook Lake, included inside A4 booklet, 'Plymouth, Draft of an Order in Council under the Dockyard Ports Regulation Act, 1865', 'The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council', page 328.
Attached envelope, 'Chart Correction, Admiralty Order and Correspondence', containing correspondence between Captains Jackson and W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Hydrographer, and the Duke of Wellington, written between August and November 1890, discussing Captain Jackson applying for a writer to help with his clerical duties, and Captain Wharton looking into arranging to provide him with a 'pensioner writer', under Act 462 of the Mobilising Instructions: 'If required, Pensioners may be entered for temporary service as Cooks, Stewards, Writers, and as Stokers for the Steam Reserves', page 333.
Attached very small chart cutting, showing Bovisand Bay, Staddon Point, Plymouth, page 334.
Attached envelope, 'Collision between Rupert and Eaton Hall', containing cutting from chart number 109, England, East Coast, Entrance to the River Humber, Surveyed by Staff Captain J [John] Parsons, Royal Navy, Assisted by Staff Commander G [George] Stanley, Navigating Lieutenants W H [William Henry] Petley & P D [Philip David] Ouless, & Navigating and Sub Lieutenant G [George] Pirie, HMS Porcupine, 1875 - 7, showing Kingston Upon Hull, and the place just in front of Alexandra Dock where the 'Eaton Hall' probably was at the time of her collision with 'HMS Rupert', who was coming out of the Dock at the time, page 336.
Attached envelope, 'Plymouth Sound', containing note dated the 14th August 1890, suggesting that the subject of lagging permanent telegraph cables in Plymouth Sound should be readdressed; also folded tracing depicting Plymouth Sound, annotated with 'The Squadron under Vice Admiral Sir George Tryon, as berthed in Plymouth Sound (Naval Manoeuvres 1890)', page 339.
Attached envelope, 'Portland, Proposed Torpedo Factory at', containing the following documents: firstly, note from the Hydrographer dated 28th August 1890, beginning 'The Admiralty have no jurisdiction over the waters of the Flat, and therefore cannot grant any permission with regard to them' ; secondly, folded chart cutting depicting Chesil Bank, connecting Weymouth to Portland, and the Merchant Ships Anchorage just off Chesil Bank; thirdly, smaller cutting of the same chart, showing position of Jetty and Landing Station, also factory, near to Portland Bridge, page 347.
Attached envelope, 'Malta', containing small chart cutting showing the North Coast of Malta, annotated with 'Queen's Harbour Master, Malta', page 348.
Attached envelope, 'Portsmouth Powder Hulks', containing small chart cutting depicting Portsmouth Harbour, showing the position of 'Carnatic', near a Powder Hulk in the Harbour, page 360.
Attached envelope, 'Moorings at Gibraltar', containing folded chart number 144, Gibraltar, Surveyed by 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 362.
Attached envelope, 'Malta, Valetta Harbour', containing the following documents: firstly, Reference Sheet, to the Director of Works Department, dated 20th August 1890, signed by G W [George W] Underhill, Hydrographer, asking if they have a copy of the plan showing the rights of Men of War as to anchorage at Malta, which was transmitted by Sir William Parker in his letter dated 22nd March 1851, and a reply from A F Wootton, Director of Works Department, advising that no trace had been found in the Works Department; secondly, note from the Hydrographer, dated 23rd September 1890, advising that there were no objections to any questions asked by the Commander in Chief Mediterranean regarding anchorage at Malta; thirdly, folded cutting of chart number 195, Mediterranean Sea, Malta, Valetta Harbours and the Coast Westward to Madalena Point, surveyed by Lieutenant G R [George Robinson] Wilkinson and Mr J Millard, Master Assistant under the direction of Captains [Thomas] Graves and [Thomas Abel Bremage] Spratt, Royal Navy, 1860, Soundings in upright figures from Surveys by Staff Commander J Millard to 1881, page 365.
Attached envelope, 'Flatholm, Mines at', containing folded chart cutting depicting Flatholm, an island in the Bristol Channel, in the City and County of Cardiff, and the mines nearby, page 383.
Attached envelope, 'Commander Field, Hydrographic Instructions', containing the following documents: firstly, note from the Hydrographer, dated 8th October 1890, entitled 'Hydrographic Instructions for Commander A M [Arthur Mostyn] Field, HMS Egeria, submitted' ; secondly, 8 pages from the Hydrographer W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton, dated 8th October 1890, entitled 'Hydrographical Instructions for Commander A M [Arthur Mostyn] Field, commanding H M Surveying vessel, Egeria' ; thirdly, folded chart cutting, showing the East coast of Borneo, particularly Darvel Bay, annotated with 'Within red line requires surveying', page 393.
Attached envelope, 'Aveling & Porter's wharf at Strood', containing note from the Hydrographic Department, dated 14th October 1890, commenting on the new long wharfage above Rochester Bridge, Strood Side, attached to small chart cutting, depicting Strood and Rochester, Medway, Kent, page 408.
Attached chart cutting, depicting Alderney Harbour and Braye, the main port of Alderney, in the Channel Islands, page 577