Enclosure book for Minute book number 31 [Ref no: MB 31]

Attached survey cutting, Nicaragua Ship Canal, as Surveyed by the US Expedition 1885, US Senate Report, Washington, 1886, showing the route of the proposed cana, through Nicaragua, America, joining the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, page 8.
Attached 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 10.
Attached envelope, 'Colombo, Sir J [John] Coode's Proposed Dock', containing Folded survey, chart number 914, Ceylon - SW Coast, Colombo Harbour, from Surveys compiled by Sir John Coode, CE, 1878 & 1885, Coastline & Topography chiefly from a plan published by the Marine Survey Department, Calcutta, 1878, annotated with 'Proposed Graving Dock and adjunct works to accompany Sir John Coode's Report to the Crown Agents for the Colonies dated December 22nd 1883', page 9 - these pages are in slightly the wrong order.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, 'Proposed North Sea and Baltic Canal', showing the route of the proposed Canal through Holstein, Germany, and joining Kiel Bay, in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany and the islands of Denmark, page 43.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, 'Moorings for HM Ships at Port Jackson', showing proposed Man of War Anchorages off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, annotated with 'Proposed alteration of Man of War Anchorage Rear Admiral [George] Tryon's letter 4th September 1886', also 'Proposed position for 'Nelson' indicated by double circle in Red', and 'Proposed Man of War Anchorages included between dotted red lines', page 98.
Attached envelope, 'Kowloon, Man of War Anchorage', containing folded cutting of 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, annotated with the Proposed Boundaries of Man of War Anchorage, page 109.
Attached envelope, 'Famagousta Harbour', containing folded cutting of chart number 847, 'Famagousta Harbour (Ammochoustos of the Greeks, Machousa of the Turks)', surveyed by Staff Commander John Millard, 1878 - 9, page 112.
Attached envelope, 'Port Hamilton', containing the following documents: firstly, a 3-page report by the Hydrographer, dated 10th November 1886 and signed by W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton; secondly, a newspaper cutting about Port Hamilton, from a correspondent; and thirdly, a folded chart cutting depicting Korea, the Japan Sea, the Strait of Tangar and the Korea Strait, including Port Hamilton, page 123.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart number 1742, 'Whampoa Island', China, Chu Kiang or Canton River from the Second Bar Pagoda to Whampoa and Chang-Shan Island, surveyed by Captain W T [William Thornton] Bate, Royal Navy, Lieutenant C [Charles James] Bullock, J H [James H] Kerr, Master, A Farmer, & G [George] Robinson, Sec. Masters, & Messrs W [William] Blackney, J H [James H] Ellis, & F Hunter, Royal Navy 1856 - 7, annotated with 'Position of barriers as given by Lieutenant Commander Adams, 'Espoir', 18th December 1886', page 134.
Attached envelope, 'Diego Garcia', containing folded cutting of chart number 920, Indian Ocean, Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia, from Entrance to East Point, Surveyed by Commander The Honourable F C P [Foley Charles Prendergast] Vereker, Royal Navy, assisted by Lieutenants G [George] Pirie, A [Andrew Francis] Balfour, H [Herbert Edward] Purey-Cust, C Simpson, J Parry & Sub-Lieutenant C Gleig, Royal Navy, HMS Rambler, 1885, page 154.
Attached chart cutting, depicting the County of Galway and Galway Bay, Ireland, showing the spot where the 'Stag' ran aground at 10am on the 20th October 1886, at Castle Point, Ireland, page 191.
Attached envelope, 'International Geodetic Association - Berlin Conference 1883', containing correspondence between Professor Dr Helmert, Geodetic Institute, Berlin and Captain [William James Lloyd] Wharton, London, discussing the recent conference in Berlin, some of the correspondence is in German and some in English, there is also a booklet written in French as the next conference was to be held in Nice, page 201.
Attached envelope, 'Medway River, Clay Removed', containing folded cutting of chart number 1834, River Medway, surveyed by Captain F [Frederick] Bullock, Royal Navy, 1840, showing the spot where clay has been removed in large quantities in years past, and where clay is now being taken from, near West Hoo Creek, page 218.
Attached envelope, 'Re Sylvia's Hyde - Instructions Aegean Sea', containing folded cutting of chart 2836b, Mediterranean, Archipelago, Surveyed by Captains R [Richard] Copeland, T [Thomas] Graves and T [Thomas Abel Bremage] Spratt, and the Officers of HMS Mastiff, Beacon, Volage and Medina, 1832 - 1863, with Additions and Corrections to 1881, the Sea of Marmara Surveyed by Commander W J L [William James Lloyd] Wharton and the Officers of HM Ships Shearwater and Fawn, 1872 & 1880, page 258.
Attached envelope, 'Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Corporation Bill, 1887, Proposed Weymouth Harbour', containing folded chart cutting, England South Coast, Weymouth and Portland, Surveyed by Captain [William Louis] Sheringham, Lieutenant [Henry Laird] Cox and Mr [John Scott] Taylor, Royal Navy 1850, Portland Harbour by Staff Commander D [Daniel] Hall and Navigating Lieutenant F J [Frederick John] Ray, Royal Navy 1872, annotated with 'Proposed Weymouth Harbour according to the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Corporation Bill (Section 8), of 1887, see Hydrographer's Report 29th January 1887', and also 'Approximate - From North end of Portland enter breakwater to the sluice on the Preston Road - the North East course of the Borough', page 271.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, 'Diego Garcia', Indian Ocean, Chagos Archipelago, Diego Garcia, from Entrance to East Point, annotated with 'Site desired by the Orient Steam Navigation Company, position approximate, 2 cables of foreshore, 1 cable inland, page 284.
Attached fold-out cutting of chart 1834, River Medway, surveyed by Captain F [Frederick] Bullock, Royal Navy, 1840, page 360.
Attached folded survey, cutting of chart number 68a, Chart of Palk's Strait and Gulf of Manaar from the Surveys of Lieutenants F T Powell & R Ethersey, Indian Navy and Mr J J [John J] Franklin, Royal Navy, 1838 - 1845, page 370.
Attached cutting of chart 2836b, 'Volo', Mediterranean, Archipelago, Surveyed by Captains R [Richard] Copeland, T [Thomas] Graves and T [Thomas Abel Bremage] Spratt, and the Officers of HMS Mastiff, Beacon, Volage and Medina, 1863, page 399.
Attached envelope, 'Fiji', containing folded chart number 2691, South Pacific, Fiji Islands, from the Surveys of Captain H M [Henry M] Denham, Royal Navy, FRS, 1854 - 6, Lieutenants W U [William U] Moore and G E [George Edward] Richards, Royal Navy, 1876 - 82, with additions from the Works of Commander C Wilkes, United States Navy and various other authorities, signed by F Malan, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, dated 25th February 1887, page 456.
Attached chart cutting, showing Corsica, France and the Bonifacio Strait, Published at the Admiralty 15th September 1874 under the Superintendence of Captain F J Evans, Royal Navy, CB, FRS, Hydrographer, page 458.
Attached fold-out chart cutting, 'Dredging at Chatham', showing the Medway, Gillingham Reach, Sovereign Reach, Kent, page 461.
Attached envelope, 'Ordnance Survey letter etc giving details of cost of their engraving and Electro-typing Departments', containing correspondence between Captain [William James Lloyd] Wharton, Royal Navy Hydrographer, and the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton, detailing costs of engraving and electro-typing, dated 11th June 1886, 26th May 1886 and 23rd April 1891; also a Statement showing the cost of Printing Charts during the Year 1885; also the Cost of New Plates, Charts Plans and Sailing Directions published by the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, during the year 1885; and finally another note detailing the average weights of Lithographic Stone, page 464.
Attached 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 472