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they form Part I. of the four parts of tlie ' North Sea Pilot,' the whole 

 of which work will, we trust, be in the hands of the mariner before 

 the close of the present year. 



On the noi-th-west coast of Scotland, Commander Wood has sur- 

 veyed a small portion of Skye, while Mr. Jeffery has mapped Loch 

 Kevis. Several detached Charts also of these coasts have been 

 published during the past year, as lochs Broom, Ewe, Hourn, 

 Gairloch, Edrachilles Bay, including the lochs, Eaasay and Inner 

 Sound, Sounds of Seil, Mull, Sleat and Kyle Ehea. 



In Argyleshire, Commanders Bedford and Creyke, and Mr. Bour- 

 chier, have added to our knowledge of the north shores of the isle 

 of Mull, and have re-examined Oban bay. 



In the Hebrides some soundings off the isle of Lewis have been 

 obtained by Captain Otter and his staff in the Porcupine ; and 

 during the present season a survey of the Sound of Harris will, it is 

 hoped, prove to the mariner whether, in case of need, he may safely 

 run for that strait. 



Ireland. — On the north-eastern shore of Ireland, Messrs. Hosk}^, 

 Aird, and Yule, have completed the examination of Belfast Harbour, 

 and made patent the improvements that public spirit, combined with 

 good engineering, has within the last few j'ears effected in that 

 port. They have also mapped a portion of the coast of Antrim, 

 from Garrow Point to Ballygally Head, the fine natural harbour of 

 Lough Lame, and the artificial packet-station of Donaghadee. 



In Wexford, on the south-eastern coast. Captain Frazer and Lieut. 

 Bullock have re-examined the channels and banks at the entrance of 

 that harbour, where some remarkable changes have taken place, and 

 made a detailed survey of the Eiver Slaney up to the town of Ennis- 

 corthy, preparatory, we trust, to some extensive improvements in the 

 channel — a measure which could not fail to be attended with corre- 

 sponding benefit to the fertile country which that river drains. 



In Donegal, on the north-west coast. Captain Bedford and Lieut. 

 Homer have completed elaborate plans of Sheep Haven and Mulross 

 Bay. By permission of the Admiralty, these plans have been ex- 

 hibited at our evening meetings, and I am sure you will all willingly 

 join with me in acknowledging the apparent fidelity and beauty with 

 which the features of these natural inlets have been portrayed. 



In Kerry, on the south-western coast, Commanders Beechey and 

 Edye, with Mr. W. B. Calver, have mapped a portion of Tralee and 

 Brandon bays, while Mr. McDougall has surveyed Dingle and Ventry 

 harbours, which lie on the southern side of the same bold projecting 



