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Depths of the Sea in East Indian Archipelago

Bally to Lombock 100/. Bally to Java 18

Lombock to Sumbawa 69 in middle ? whether soundings go across. - I do not doubt they do

Pater Nosters Postillions 100/. & 200/. deep water to Ceram.

Whole south of Borneo to Java 30-40 fathoms extending as far East as a curved line from Kankelang to Great Pulo Leat, as far as longitude Great Pater Nosters in Latitude of Macassar - Whole W. coast of Celebes deep water & doubtful whether any shallow communicates by the Hen & Chickens banks

 

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Shoal water between Sumatra & Borneo 25 fathoms.

Deep water between Timor & isld North of it

35 fathoms between Bouton & Celebes

Deep water between Timor & Australia

do between Ceram & New Guinea

do between Bouro & Ceram

Mysole & New Guinea 35

Waggiou & New Guinea?

Gilolo deep - between it & Celebes do

I presume deep water between Phillippines because some of the Bays are deep

 

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I see that Fifty Fathoms in Sunda Strait is shoalest water in Strait between Java & Sumatra I suspect? 40 fathoms

Believe Java & Borneo 30 - between Sumatra & Borneo even less

Malacca & Borneo 35 greatest depth in parts.

Borneo, & Palawan 25. greatest depth

Sumatra & Malacca 20 fathoms

Horsburgh Vol II. p. 599 - I am almost sure that soundings if no great depth connect Waggiou & islands south of it to New Guinea, do p. 625. moderate depths from 16 to 35 f. connect Arrū islds & N. Guinea. I think very deep between Ceram & N. Guinea. Torres St not more than 10 fathoms.