\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{TabSources}Properties of background sources, and rms noise levels of the spectra.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{l @{\hspace{0.3cm}} l @{\hspace{0.3cm}} l @{\hspace{0.3cm}} l @{\hspace{0.3cm}} l @{\hspace{0.3cm}} l @{\hspace{0.3cm}} c @{\hspace{0.3cm}} c @{\hspace{0.3cm}} c @{\hspace{0.3cm}} c @{\hspace{0.3cm}} c} \hline\hline\noalign{\smallskip} Source & RA(J2000) & Dec (J2000) & $l$ & $b$ & $D$\tablefootmark{a} & $\sigma_l/T_{\rm c}$ \tablefootmark{b} & $\sigma_l/T_{\rm c}$ \tablefootmark{b} & $\sigma_l/T_{\rm c}$ \tablefootmark{b} & $\sigma_l/T_{\rm c}$ \tablefootmark{b} & $\sigma_l/T_{\rm c}$ \tablefootmark{b} \\ & (h) (m) (s) & ($^{\circ}$) ($'$) ($''$) & ($^{\circ}$) & ($^{\circ}$) & (kpc) & HCO$^{+}$ (0--1) & HCO$^{+}$ (1--2) & HNC (0--1) & HCN (0--1) & CN (0--1) \\ \hline G05.88-0.39 & 18 00 30.4 & $-24$ 04 00 & 05.88 & $-0.39$ & 3.8 & 0.021 & & & & \\ G08.67-0.36 & 18 06 18.9 & $-21$ 37 35 & 08.67 & $-0.36$ & 4.8 & 0.138 & & & & \\ G10.62-0.38 & 18 10 28.7 & $-19$ 55 50 & 10.62 & $-0.38$ & 4.8 & 0.049 & 0.206 & 0.043 & 0.035 & 0.064 \\ G34.3+0.1 & 18 53 18.7 & +01 14 58 & 34.26 & +0.15 & 3.8 & 0.117 & 0.328 & 0.038 & 0.036 & 0.154 \\ W49N & 19 10 13.2 & +09 06 12 & 43.17 & +0.01 & 11.5 & 0.015 & 0.072 & 0.020 & 0.021 & 0.031 \\ W51 & 19 23 43.9 & +14 30 30.5 & 49.49 & $-0.39$ & 7.0 & 0.022 & 0.089 & 0.043 & 0.034 & 0.070 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{\tablefoottext{a}{Source distance from Fish \etal (\cite{Fish2003}) who resolve the kinematic distance ambiguity. Errors are around 1.0~kpc.} \tablefoottext{b}{$\sigma_l/T_{\rm c}$ is the rms noise divided by the continuum intensity of the spectra, at a frequency resolution of 40~kHz.}} \end{table}