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List of Names as written on the Plan	Various modes of Spelling the same Names	Authority for those modes of Spelling	Situation	Descriptive Remarks, or other General Observations which may be considered of Interest
Oxscar or	Oxscar¤ or	¤Admiralty Charts, 1791-1857	Half a mile E.N.E.	Three small rocks – or portions of one –
South Goldstone	South Goldstone†	¤Admiralty N.Sea Pilot, 1858.	of Megstone	which appears above low water, and visible
	South Goldstone	†John Patterson, Harbour Master N.S.	on Sheet	at half-ebb,- they are generally known by
	South Goldstone	Robert Cuthbertson, Pilot, N.S.	12a C	the fisherman of the neighbourhood by
	South Goldstone	William Robson, Pilot, N.S.		the name of ‘South Goldstone’, but
				are laid down in Admiralty Charts of
				1791 and 1857, and in the North Sea Pilot,
				as ‘Oxscars’.

Elbow	Elbow	Same Authorities	Quarter of a mile N.E.	A rocky shoal with about a foot of
			of Megstone	water over it at low tides, and indicated
			on Sheet	by sea-weed; it is much in the way
			12a C	of vessels passing between Megstone and
				Oxscars.

Glororum Shead	Glororum Shad	Same Authorities	Nearly half a mile	A rocky shoal having several feet of
			East of Oxscars	water on it at low tides, but marked
			on Sheet	by the sea weed floating above it –
			12a C

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Transcribed by SMH and CC