THE BOARD OF TRADE TELEGRAPH EXAMINATION. 33 4000. Portland is the southern part of Iceland, is it not ?— Yes ; it is on the south side of Iceland, about longitude 19°. The determination of these points, however, ought to be fixed by a more careful examination. 4001. Is the bottom of the sea near Portland rocky, or soft and sandy ?—It is sandy. 4002. Are you aware of any basaltic formation running out from the southern coast of Iceland for some distance into the sea ?—I suppose that there is running out from the south-west part of Iceland, but to what extent to the sea I have no conclusive proof. 4032. Referring to Iceland, are you aware whether any banks or comparatively shallow soundings extend from Iceland con- siderably towards the south, say 50 or 100 miles or more ?—I am unable to say. 4033. When visiting the sea south of Iceland, did you find any strength of current to interfere with the management of a ship, or with laying telegraph wires where you pleased?—We supposed we felt the gulf stream current, but we had no satis- factory proof of it. 4074. (Chairman.) Do you anticipate any difficulty near the southern coast of Iceland from volcanic agency ?—None where I would advise the landing of a cable. 4075. You think all difficulties of that nature can be avoided by selecting your place of landing ?—Yes; it would not, I think, be advisable to land it at the south-west part of Iceland. I would come more east, where there is no likelihood of finding any volcanic action. 4076. Or east of Portland?—East of Portland or about Port- land, longitude 19°. 4077. Do you think there would be any difficulty from the grounding of ice there in winter ?—There is no ice there at all. 4078. Is it entirely kept clear by the current from the gulf stream ?—No ice can get there very well. 4079. Why could not it come ?—There is nowhere for it to come from. It cannot come from the north. 4080. Does the current prevent its coming from the north ? Is there a continual current from the south setting along that coast ? —The current from the north takes the ice from Spitzbergen, for example, southward; it takes the ice between Iceland and Green- land. Sometimes it comes upon the north part of Iceland, and it has once or twice come down upon the north-east coast as far as Berufiord. 4081. [Captain Washington.) You are speaking of the summer, and not of the winter ?—I am speaking of ice in the icy time. 4082. In winter would there be no ice off Portland ?■—No.

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