The plan shows Table Bay with soundings and shoreline detail. The harbour area is highlighted in pink showing areas to be converted into ship lifts when required, sites for warehouses, dock offices and the railway line to connect with Cape Town and Wellington Railway. Also detailed are the areas sheltered by the breakwater showing those within the North West Line and those within the line drawn to the west side of Robben Island, with corresponding acreages. In addition, the plan indicates Lion's Rump, the Mouille Point lighthouse, the fisheries, the Green Point race course, the laboratory and magazine, Amsterdam Battery, the Custom House, the Castle, the hospital in Woodstock, Fort Knocke, Holland Redoubt, Craig Tower and Battery and the mouth of the Salt River with estuarine plant growth depicted. The city centre is laid out schematically with little detail. The only sites indicated are the Jail, West Church, an unidentified church close to the water line, the Cathedral [St George's Cathedral], the Dutch Church [Groote Kerk] and the Parade. Relief is indicated by hachures.
