Letter from James Beazley, the British Ship Owners Company, Liverpool (Limited) to [George James] Symons, [Chair of the Royal Society Krakatoa Committee] Letter from James Beazley, shipowner, offering an extract from the ship log of the "British Sceptre", which arrived to Calcutta on 8 January, in response to an advertisement in The Times. Observes passing through immense fileds of lava and pumice stone. Specific coordinates mentioned: Lat 12.07 Long 90.27 Lat 9.29 Long 90.19 14 February 1884