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HR. GILFILLAN Ver8U8 HR. ORPEN. 399Hx. GILFILLAlf'SPOSITIONS.---,---POSITIONS TAItBN FROKMR. OIiPEN'S SURVEY.DI8CRBPANOlBB..,. [250 5.1' E. Platberg ~ 25° 23' E. 28' Diff. of longi.Platberg or Paar· tude.. 28 0 2'S. deberg 28 0 17' S. 15'.. of latitude.Ditto. ... ... f 25 0 51' E. The old [Plat~rg 25° 14' E. 87'.. of longi.Mission . tude... 28" 2', S. . Station 28 0 8' ,S. 6'.. of latitude.{ 25° 28' E. {25° 4,' E. 24,'" .oflongi.Du Toit'.Pan t D;~it's ~ tude.28° 42' S. 28° 48' S. 6'" ollatitude.I •25° 20' E. David's {250 5' E., 15'" of longi.David's Graf f I tude.. 29° 6' S. Gral 29° 7' S'I 1'" of latitude.Comment upon the above figares is needless. Ileave the two Surveyors and Sir H. Barkly to reconcilehow they can such immense discrepancies; it is sufficientfor my purpose to prove the entirely worthledsand unreliable nature of the only surveys on which theGovernor depends.Further condemnation of Mr. Gilfillan's plan existsin the fact that, instead of taking Platberg, a hill onthe left bank of the Vaal (which he names" BassKop") for o~e of the terminal points of the line hewishes to define, he starts from what is called "theold Platberg Mission Station," but which is a placethat has never been known as a boundary beacon.Moreover, it would be interesting to know by whatmeans Mr. Gilfillan obtained his observation~; especiallythe longitude of the places-whether by chronometer,lunar observation, or some approximatemethod. As the least error in the' work would lead toDigitized by Goog Ie