The contents are as follows.
(i) Sheerness, correspondence, 1812-1815, 1817, 1819, 1821 (folio 1);
(ii) Sunderland, correspondence and papers concerning the harbour and improvements to the river Wear, 1817-1821 (folio 153);
(iii) Torquay, correspondence, 1811-1812 (folio 205);
(iv) Valleyfield, answers to queries concerning tides and rocks, 1804 (folio 223);
(v) Waterford, note, 1820 (folio 225);
(vi) West port, County Sligo, report and estimate, 1805 (folio 226);
(vii) Whitehaven, correspondence, 1817 (folio 235);
(viii) Woolwich, correspondence and report, 1805, 1816, 1821 (folio 244);
(ix) Yarmouth, correspondence, 1820-1821 (folio 253);
(x) Draft of letter by John Rennie to James Playfair concerning the article on harbours for Playfair's 'System of geography', 1806 (folio 263).
