Enclosure book for Minute book number 26 [Ref no: MB 26]

Volume one, Nov 1881 to March 1882: Attached envelope, 'Proposed reclamation of Langston and Chichester Harbour', containing the following documents: firstly, folded notes from the Director of Works to the Hydrographer, dated 24th December 1881, 'Langston and Chichester Harbour Docks and Reclamation'; secondly, fold-out chart, 'England - South Coast, Owers to Christchurch, with Spithead and the Isle of Wight', Surveyed by Captain W L [William Louis] Sheringham, Royal Navy, 1848, with corrections to the latest date, page 6.
Attached envelope, 'Proposed extension of Quay etc, Great Western Docks, Plymouth', containing the following documents: firstly, folded note to Colonel Pasley, Hydrographer, dated 9th December 1881, signed by Henry Saunders; secondly, folded tracing, 'G W R Plymouth Docks', showing the New Jetty, Outer Basin, Pontoon and Millbay Pier, page 7.
Attached mini chartlet, chart number 876, China Sea, Tong King Gulf, Hainan Strait, surveyed by Lieutenants Edward Chapman, Andrew Balfour, Casper Baker and Henry Belam, under the direction of Captain R H [Richard Henry] Napier, HMS 'Magpie', 1880, page 8.
Attached chart, 'Chart of the Spitzbergen and Barents Seas, with the Track of Mr Leigh Smith's Yacht 'Eira', near Franz Josef Land in 1880', showing the Barents Sea, Norway, page 12.
Attached chartlet, chart number 1951, 'Moorings of Coastguard Ships, Liverpool', showing the River Mersey, Birkenhead and Liverpool, page 18.
Attached fold-out survey, chart number 2115, 'Entrance to The Baltic, The Sound, from the Royal Danish Survey in 1846', 'Published According to Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, April 10th 1852', page 22.
Attached envelope, 'Portsmouth, Southsea Pier', containing folded tracing, 'Southsea Pier, Proposed Enlargement of Pier', signed by Davis and Emanuel, Architects, 2 Finsbury Circus, London, dated 16th December 1881, page 28.
Attached envelope, 'Hong Kong, Proposed Removal of Dockyard to Causeway Bay', containing the following documents: firstly, fold-out survey, chart number 1466, China, Hongkong, Surveyed by Captain Sir Edward Belcher in HMS Sulphur, 1841, with corrections and additions to 1878; secondly, folded chart, chart number 1459, 'China, Hongkong, Man of War Anchorage, Surveyed by Navigating Sub Lieutenant F S [Francis Sambell] Wheeler and Lieutenant G S [Gordon Sinclair] Gunn, assisted by Sub Lieutenant E C H [Edward Capel Hasley] Helby, Royal Navy, under the direction of Captain B W [Bonham Ward] Bax, Royal Navy, HMS Sylvia, 1877, page 44.
Attached envelope, 'Windsor, Aldershot and Portsmouth Railway', containing fold-out survey, chart number 2631b, England, South Coast, Portsmouth Harbour, Re-Sounded by Staff Commander D [Daniel] Hall, Royal Navy, 1874, page 47.
Attached envelope, 'Measured Half Mile at Norris Castle, Isle of Wight', this envelope is empty, page 54.
Attached envelope, 'Pratas Shoal, copy of Admiralty Chart to November 1866', containing folded survey, chart number 362, China Sea, Pratas Reef & Island, Surveyed by J [John] Richards, Master Commanding HMS Saracen, Assisted by J H [James Hooper] Kerr, Master; W [William] Blackney, Assistant Paymaster, & J H [Joseph H] Ellis, 2nd Master, Royal Navy, 1858, page 65.
Attached chartlet, chart number 780, Pacific Ocean, SW Sheet, 'Pacific Ocean extending from the Philippine and Celebes Islands, New Guinea and Australia to San Francisco and Easter Island, compiled from the most recent Surveys in the Hydrographic Office, 1875, page 66.
Attached mini tracing, 'Red Sea, Sheet 5', signed by E [Edward] Grey Hulton, Commander, page 72.
Attached envelope, 'Plymouth and Dartmoor Railway bill, Tracing', containing folded tracing of Plymouth, Catwater and the Great Western Railway, page 88.
Attached envelope, 'Anchorage at Gibraltar, Chart C', containing the following documents: firstly, folded survey, chart number 144, 'Gibraltar, The Topography from the Ordnance Survey 1868, The Soundings North of the New Mole by Captain G S [George Strong] Nares, Royal Navy, and the Officers of HMS Shearwater, 1871, the remainder by Captain W H [William Henry] Smyth and other Officers of the Royal Navy'; secondly, folded tracing 'Plan of the Port of Gibraltar showing the position of large hulks & the space available as anchorage for Men of War, January 1882', page 97.
Small loose slip of paper, 'Statistics of Ellise, Gilbert, Marshall and Caroline Islands, 1881', now attached to page 100.
Attached envelope, 'Cruiser Yacht, Plans transferred to 'Surveying Ships Description', 10th February 1883', this envelope is empty, page 102.
Fold-out survey, chart number 2845, 'Alderney Harbour at Braye', annotated with 'The red ink notations, transferred from a tracing illustrating a report from Commander [Charles Vernon] Anson, HMS Dasher, on state of Alderney Breakwater and proposal to move the moorings', dated 11th February 1882, page 107.
Attached envelope, 'Northern Coast of Borneo, Report by Colonel Crossman, with Charts', containing the following documents: firstly, folded survey, chart number 950, 'War Office letter 18th February 1882', 'Plan of the Harbour of Sandakan on the North East Part of Borneo', Published According to Act of Parliament by A Dalrymple, 17 Dec 1774; secondly, folded survey, chart number 946, 'Borneo, North Coast. Sketch of Malludu Bay, Compiled from documents in the Hydrographic Office 1873, with corrections and additions to 1882' ; thirdly, folded survey, chart number 2111, showing 'Site of proposed Station of North Borneo Company (War Office letter 18th February 1882)', page 117.
Attached envelope, 'Buoys for Bermuda, Copy of lithographed diagram showing old and disused buoys, and new forms of', containing fold-out tracing showing diagrams of buoys, entitled 'Buoys used by the Corporation of Trinity House', annotated with 'Note The Buoys cancelled in Red are not now made', page 127.
Attached envelope, 'St Bees Head Lighthouse', containing fold-out survey, chart number 1826, 'England, West Coast, Fleetwood to the Firth of Solway, Surveyed by Captain B Denham and Commander G [George] Williams 1846', showing the lighthouse at St Bees Head, Cumberland, England, and the Firth of Solway, page 144.
Attached envelope, 'Grounding of S S Andes', containing folded tracing of Chart number 486, showing the Caymites, Gonave Island and Port au Prince, Haiti, page 152.
Attached cutting of chart number 30, depicting Clovelly Bay, Cattewater, Mount Batten and Turnchapel, Plymouth, page 157
Volume two, March 1982 to December 1882:
Attached cutting of chart number 30, depicting Clovelly Bay, Cattewater, Mount Batten and Turnchapel, Plymouth, page 187.
Attached envelope, 'Cattewater, plan showing proposed Quay walls', containing fold-out tracing dated 27th March 1882, 'Cattewater, Plan showing by a pink tint Quay-Walls proposed to be erected at Cattedown by Messrs Bernard, Lack & Alger', showing the plan of Cattedown and the Shipwright's Yard, Turnchapel, Plymouth, page 187.
Attached pull-out survey, cutting of chart number 2050, showing the Isle of Wight, Ryde Sand and Spithead, page 189.
Attached survey, cutting of chart number 2011, showing the Old Harbour at Ynys Gyby or Salt Island, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, page 190.
Attached envelope, 'Forth Bridge Railway Bill - 1882, Tracing of Bridge', containing folded tracing, 'Forth Bridge Railway', dated 1881, Engineers, John Fowler, Engineer in Chief, B Baker, page 244.
Attached envelope, 'Wreck of S S Alfgar at Hull. Plan of Hull Roads', containing folded tracing 'Plan of Hull Roads', dated May 1882, showing where the wreck of S S Alfgar lies, signed by W [William] Hewlett, Staff Commander, page 266.
Attached survey, chart number 2621, India, West Coast, Bombay Harbour, by Commander W B Selby, Indian Navy, with additions by Lieutenant R Cogan and Mr G Peters, Indian Navy, 1829 - 55, page 271.
Attached pull-out survey, India, West Coast, Bombay Harbour, showing the position of the proposed Dock, also page 271.
Attached chart, showing Gosport, Hampshire, Gillkicker Point and the proposed moorings in Stoke Bay, page 289.
Attached envelope, 'Anchorage at Gibraltar', containing folded survey, chart number 144, 'Gibraltar, the Topography from the Ordnance Survey 1868. The Soundings North of the New Mole by Captain G S [George Strong] Nares, Royal Navy, & the Officers of HMS Shearwater, 1871. The remainder by Captain W H [William Henry] Smyth and other Officers of the Royal Navy', page 333.
Attached fold-out survey, chart number 2282, Arctic Ocean and Greenland Sea, Published at the Admiralty, 26th August 1872, under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral G H [George Henry] Richards, Hydrographer, Additions May 1875, page 344.
Attached envelope, 'Submarine mining operation in Pinup Reach, River Medway. Copy of Chart sent with Hydrographer's submission showing positions of buoys marking space proposed to be reserved', containing folded survey, chart number 1834, 'River Medway, Surveyed by Captain F [Frederick] Bullock, Royal Navy, 1840. From Bishops Bank to the Dockyard Re-Surveyed by Staff Commander E K [Edward Killwick] Calver 1868', 'To Accompany Hydrographer's Report of 5th July 1882 on submarine mining operations', page 359.
Attached fold-out survey, chart number 2109, 'China Sea, Borneo, NW Coast, Barram Point to Nosong Point, Surveyed by Captain Sir E [Edward] Belcher, CB, and Lieutenant D M [David McDowall] Gordon, Royal Navy, 1847 - 9, Additions by J W [John William] Reed Master Commanding & the Officers of HMS Rifleman, 1863, 66, 67', page 372.
Attached fold-out survey, chart number 2134, China Sea, Borneo, Entrance of the Bruni River, by Captain [Charles Ramsay] Drinkwater Bethune, Royal Navy and Lieutenant D M [David McDowall] Gordon, Royal Navy 1845 - 9, page 372.
Attached fold-out survey showing East Cowes, West Cowes and the River Medina, Isle of Wight, page 373.
Attached survey, cutting of chart number 2793, showing the same part of the River Medina, East Cowes and West Cowes, Isle of Wight, page 374.
Attached envelope, 'Cattewater, proposed new quay', containing folded tracing, hard to open out without tearing it, 'Cattewater Harbour, Messrs Burnard, Lack and Alcer, Proposed Quay', page 381.
Attached envelope, 'Gibraltar, Chart showing Anchorages proposed to be kept clear by H R H. The Admiral Superintendent of Naval Reserves (copied from plan forwarded in letter dated 6th July 1882), containing folded chart, 'Gibraltar, the Topography from the Ordnance Survey 1868, the Soundings North of the New Mole by Captain G S [George Strong] Nares, Royal Navy, & the Officers of HMS Shearwater, 1871. The remainder by Captain W H [William Henry] Smyth and other Officers of the Royal Navy', annotated with 'Enclosure to letter dated 6th July 1882 from Admiral Superintendent Naval Reserves', page 386.
Attached fold-out survey, badly torn down one side, chart number 2045, England, South Coast, Owers to Christchurch with Spithead and the Isle of Wight, Surveyed by Captain W L [William Louis] Sheringham, Royal Navy, 1848, with corrections to the latest date, page 403.
Attached fold-out survey, chart number 3, Chart of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean, Surveyed by Commander R [Richard] Moresby & Lieutenant F T Powell, Indian Navy, page 408.
Attached survey, chart number 1262, China, East Coast, Hong Kong to Gulf of Liau-Tung, compiled from the most recent surveys, 1876, page 414.
Attached envelope, 'Proposed Bridge, across entrance of Langston Harbour', containing the following documents: firstly, letter dated 1st August 1882, addressed to Superintending Engineer, Portsmouth, entitled 'Portsmouth, Langston Harbour, Proposed bridge', signed by Frederick John Evans, Hydrographer; secondly, folded tracing of Proposed Bridge across Entrance of Langstone Harbour; thirdly, letter to the Admiralty dated 12th October 1882, signed by Martin W B Folkes Esquire; lastly, folded 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, page 428.
Attached survey, cutting of chart number 1834, River Medway, surveyed by Captain F [Frederick] Bullock, Royal Navy, 1840, page 429.
Attached chartlet, chart number 2116, Entrance to the Baltic, Great and Little Belt, from the Royal Danish Survey, Published According to the Act of Parliament at the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty April 12th 1852, annotated with 'SS Blodwen', page 436.
Attached mini chartlet, depicting Kingston Upon Hull, showing 'Soundings in Red, taken from Original', and 'Soundings in Blue, from HMS Repulse, September 1882', including Victoria Dock, Queens Dock, and Albert or West Dock, page 449.
Attached chartlet, presumed to be Solent, Hampshire, and the Portion requiring to be dredged, page 460.
Attached fold-out mini sketching 'Sketch of Drain from Moats near Victoria Pier - Portsmouth', also page 460.
Attached survey, cutting of chart number 2631, England, Portsmouth Harbour, Surveyed by Captain [William Louis] Sheringham, Royal Navy, Assisted by Lieutenants [Henry Charles] Otter, Church and Wood and Mr Taylor, Master, Royal Navy, in 1840, corrected to 1858, page 466.
Attached fold-out sketch, showing Gillingham and Pinup Reaches, Medway, 'Tracing showing the proposed positions of the buoys for marking Mine Fields', signed by H S Lay, Staff Captain and Queens Harbour Master, page 476.
Attached envelope, 'Chart of West Coast of Africa showing the Territory on that Coast claimed by the Portuguese Government', containing fold-out survey, chart number 595, 'West Coast of Africa, from Anno Bom to Hollams Island, by Order of the Right Honourable The Lord's Commissioners of the Admiralty, under the direction of Captain W F W [William Fitzwillam] Owen, from 1822 to 1826, with corrections and additions to 1868 - The Coast between Cape St Bras and Elephant Bay by Commander Matson, Royal Navy, 1840', page 477.
Attached pull-out chart cutting, 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, page 488.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, chart number 2496, Scotland - West Coast, Sleat Sound, Surveyed by Captain H C [Henry Charles] Otter, Commander J [James] Wood, Mr J [James] Jeffery, Master Royal Navy and Mr Cramer, 1852 - 60, page 494.
Attached fold-out survey, cutting of chart number 8d, Sheet 4, showing the Zebayir Islands, Yemen, in the Red Sea, Published at the Admiralty March 31st 1873, under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral G H [George Henry] Richards, Hydrographer, page 509.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, chart number 2631, England, Portsmouth Harbour, Surveyed by Captain [William Louis] Sheringham, Royal Navy, Assisted by Lieutenants [Henry Charles] Otter, Church and Wood and Mr Taylor, Master, Royal Navy, in 1840, corrected to 1858, page 512