Scale: circa 1:2,000,000. Blue-backed chart on two sheets, with seven insets and one blank inset, for future editions. Two light-house elevations. Manuscript track in pencil and bearing in blue crayon.
Insets: 1. Point de Galle Harbour circa 1:14,750 (bar); 2. Bassas Reef circa 1:27,000 (bar); 3. Colombo 1838 circa 1:42,500 (bar); 4. Approaches to the River Aracan circa 1:140,000 (bar); 5. Approach to Bassein River circa 1:350,000 (bar); 6. Preparis Island 1855 circa 1:500,000 (bar); 7. The bay and harbour of Trincomalie circa 1:130,000 (bar).