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Quinnebaug, Commander Ludlow, sent a report on the Cape 

 Verde Islands, and also information concerning the west 

 coast of Africa. 

 Line of s.mnd- On the Asiatic Station, the Ashuelot reported the erec- 



ing from the 



Capes of thetion of a light on Volcano Islands, off the coast of China; 



the Indian ucean, and the Enterprise, Commander Barker, en route to that 

 station, made a series of deep-sea soundings in the Xorth 

 Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, and in the 

 Mozambique Channel, together with observations for dip 

 and magnetic variation. 

 Report of sur- On the North Atlantic Station, the Vandalia, Captain 



veys, &c ' ' r 



Wallace, furnished information on the West Indies and on the 

 anchorage in Beaufort River, South Carolina; the Alliance, 

 Commander A. V. Reed, transmitted hydrographic matter 

 concerning ports of the West Indies, and the results of a 

 survey of Paunco River, in Mexico ; the Kearsarge, Com- 

 mander Bridgman, communicated valuable data on the 

 West Indies; the Yantic, Commander Wildes, examined 

 Manor Rock, in the Gulf of Florida ; the Powhatan, Capt. 

 A. W. Johnson, surveyed a shoal off Cartagena ; and the 

 Tallapoosa, Commander A. G-. Kellogg, investigated An- 

 tonio Knoll. 



On the South Atlantic Station, the Brooklyn, Captain 

 Weaver, forwarded information in regard to Santa Cruz, 

 Patagonia, and lights of La Plata River; the Essex, 

 Commander McCormick, furnished hydrographic data on 

 the west coast of South America ; and the Galena, Com- 

 mander Bacheller, transmitted information on La Plata 

 River, and a shoal off Colonia. The training-ship Saratoga 

 communicated a report on the harbor of San Juan, Puerto 

 Rico, and the Urona Passage. 

 T^ u nffint tions of ^ ue publications for the year were sailing directions for 

 "The Mediterranean Sea, comprising the Gulf of Gioja to 

 Cape Santa Maria di Leuca, south coast of Italy, the Adri- 

 atic Sea, Ionian Islands, the coasts of Albania and Greece 

 to Malea, with Cerigo Island, including the Gulfs of Patras 

 and Corinth;" "The Straits of Magellan," translated by 

 Commodore J. C. P. de Krafft, and Commander William 

 Gibson, and a set of "Azimuth Tables for parallels of latitude 

 between 61° N. and 61° S.," computed by Lieut. W. H. H. 

 Southerland. Of the fifty charts published by the Office 

 during the year, fourteen were engraved and thirty-six 



the Office. 



