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Report to the Hydrographer of the Navy

The position of the Island is as follows

[the following is in three columns; the second is headed latitude, and the third is headed longitude]

1st. The W.t flag staff
at the principal establishment
[latitude] 45º 56' 33" N.
[longitude] 3º 32' 02" 8 E.t of Halifax
Dockyard Tablet
11º 10' 15" 8 E.t of Obs.n
Bastion Quebec

2nd. The E.t Entrance of the
grassy sand hills
see chart
[latitude] 43º 59' 05" E.
3º 49' 20" 5 E.t of Halifax
Dock Yard Tablet
11º 27' 33" 5 E.t of Obs.n
Bastion Quebec

3rd. The W.t entrance of
grassy sand hills
see chart
[latitude] 43º 56' 52" E
[longitude] 3º 26' 21" 8 E.t of Halifax
Dock Yard Tablet
11º 4' 34" 8 E.t of Obs.n
Bastion Quebec

If we assume Halifax Dock Yard Tablet
to be in 63º 35' 19" 5 W.t according to Admiral
Owen's determination from Cambridge
Observatory the above named points will
be in 60º 3' 16" 7 W.t, 59º 45' 59" W.t and 60º 8' 57" W.t
respectively. The East extreme of the sand
hills alone remain unchanged for comparison
with the observation of Admiral Ogle's Officers
and it is satisfactory to find that there was
not only no reason to find fault with
their determination, but that their Latitude,
and also their Meridian distance
from Halifax is the same as ours within
two