504 
APPENDIX. 
[North Coast. 
TABLE IV. (Reference from p. 174.) 
Longitude of Observation Island, Sir E. Pellew’s Group. 
Appt. Greenwich 
time of 
observations. 
Place. 
Longit. E. 
from 
Naut. Aim. 
1802 Dec. 
' At anchor 
137 55 45 
near Cape 
54 0 
h / 
Vanderlin. 
49 15 
14 at 11 454 

41 45 
40 0 
L — 
37 30 
by 
survey. 
East Longitude 
of the Island. 
9 25 
137 46 20 
137 44 35 
137 39 50 
137 32 20 
137 30 35 
137 28 5 
Mean of six sets, uncorrected 137 36 57 ,5 
Correction 
Correct. Longit. 
of the Island. 
for errors 
of tables. 
Interv. of 
D ’s error. 
_30 15 
One day. 
o / n 
127 16 5 
, , - 
_ 
137 14 20 
_ — , 
- 
137 9 35 


137 2 5 

— 
137 0 20 
— 
— 
136 57 50 
Corrected 
137 6 42,5 
Whence 
deduced. 
0E. « 
Longitude of the island by time keeper, No. 543. 
On Dec. 15 at 18 h 33' of Greenwich time, and using the error and 
rate of Sweers’ Island, the longitude by this time keeper was 
Correction for variation in the rate, found at Observation . 
Corrected longitude, taken preferably to that above 
137° 
3' 39", 7 
0 24 ,9 
137 3 14 ,8 east. 
TABLE V. (Reference from p. 191.) 
Longitude of Finch’s Island, in N. W. Bay Groote Eylandt. 
1803 Jan. 
14 at 13 
15 at 13 
O 11/ 
On the 
136 56 0 
136 56 0 
island. 
136 55 45 
136 55 45 
136 54 15 
136 54 15 
< 
]36 58 45 
136 58 45 
[ 
136 53 45 
136 53 45 
— 
137 0 45 
137 0 45 
r Ditto. 
136 42 45 
136 42 45 

136 40 45 
136 40 45 
_ 
136 42 30 
136 42 30 
136 41 0 
136 41 0 
_ 
136 37 30 
136 37 30 
— 
136 38 0 
136 38 0 
■s 
136 39 15 
136 39 15 

136 42 0 
136 42 0 
— — 
136 43 45 
136 43 45 
— 
136 45 45 
136 45 45 
— 
136 42 45 
136 42 45 
— 
|136 41 30 
136 41 30 
/ . // 
.17 45 
.17 30 
As on Jan. 
] 2, there 
being no 
obs. at 
Greenwich 
until the 
29th. 
Ditto. 
Mean of eighteen sets, uncorrected 136 46 29 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
136 
186 
136 
136 
136 
/ // 
38 15 
38 0 
36 30 
41 0 
36 0 
43 0 
25 15 
23 15 
25 0 
23 30 
20 0 
20 30 
21 45 
24 30 
26 15 
28 15 
25 15 
24 0 
O E.(t 
Corrected 136 28 54 
Ditto. 
Longitude of Finch’s Island by the survey reduced back from Caledon 
Bay, and preferred to the above, is " * cas ' 
Observers 
