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DISCOVERY REPORTS 



Figures of mileage and of time taken during survey operations are approximately as 

 follows : 

 Number of miles steamed in M.V. 'Alert' ... ... ... 3000 miles 



Number of miles of coastline charted 



Number of square miles covered by survey ... 



Number of main stations made 



Number of soundings (hand machine and hand lines) 



Total time on survey in all vessels 



Time lost through unsuitable weather 



357 miles 

 ID I square miles 

 112 

 13600 

 370 days 

 100 days 



