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 The charts, dated 1801, which were the result of the joint and separate expeditions of Messrs. Flinders and Bass, gave a delineation and a survey of the line of coast from Port Jackson to Western Port, of the islands of the straits, and of Van Diemen's Land, in- cluding the survey of the river Tamar, and the bays and coves of the river Derwent and Tasman's Penin- sula. They combined with nautical information ac- counts of the productions and capabilities of the dis- covered and examined harbours, and were considered of such signal service to science, commerce, and colo-