arriving in Hong Kong in June. A continuous chain of meridian distances was run from Plymouth to Hong Kong. They then surveyed Haitan Island in the Taiwan Strait. From 1887 to 1889, Vereker was in command of surveying north-west Australia. He was promoted to captain in 1888. He commanded HMS Research in home waters from 1891 to 1895. The surveying work included a re-sounding of the approaches to Portsmouth. He was next employed in preparing sketches of the coasts of Britain and Ireland on . In July 1897, Vereker became Adviser to the Harbour Department at the Board of Trade. In 1898 he was elected an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He died in 1900 at his home in Isleworth. He was survived by his wife Ellen. References Royal Navy officers 1850 births 1900 deaths