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Pteropod fragments, Echinoid spines, Alcyonarian spicules, otoliths, Ostra- 

 codes, Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, rhabdoliths; Sponge, spicules; small 

 fragments of obsidian, felspar, and one or two isolated crystals of phillipsite. 



Station 95, 15th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 17° 9' S. ; long. 146° 0' W. ; depth, 1079 fathoms. 



GLOBIGERINA OOZE: cream colored, granular, quite incoherent; has the 

 appearance of having been washed ; contains pelagic and bottom-living 

 Foraminifera (some of the shells coated with manganese), Mollusc-shell 

 fragments, Echinoid spines, otoliths, Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, rhabdoliths; 

 arenaceous Foraminifera, Sponge spicules, Radiolaria. 



Station 96, 15th October, 1899. 



Lat. 17° 14.5' S. ; long. 145° 49' W. ; depth, 527 fathoms. 



Fragments of branching Coral, 35 mm. long, blackened with manganese. 



Station 97, 15th October, 1899. 



Lat. 17° 17' S. ; long. 145° 45.5' W. ; depth, 804 fathoms. 



PTEROPOD OOZE : cream colored, granular, quite incoherent ; very little 

 fine material; consists of Pteropods, Heteropods, pelagic and bottom-living 

 Foraminifera, small Gasteropods, Mollusc-shell fragments, Coral fragments 

 coated with manganese, otoliths, Ostracodes, Tunicate spicules, coccoliths, 

 rhabdoliths; Sponge spicules, Radiolaria; small fragments of obsidian, 

 pumice, and felspar. 



Station 98, 15th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 17° 21' S. ; long. 145° 41' W. ; depth, 642 fathoms. 

 Very little material, from which it is impossible to state with certainty 

 the nature of the deposit in situ. It consists of fragments of Pteropods, 

 pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, otoliths. Mollusc-shell fragments 

 and small Gasteropods {Pletirotoma), Tunicate spicules; small fragments of 

 obsidian, and grains of manganese. 



Station 99, 15th October, 1899. 

 Lat. 17° 22' S. ; long. 145° 37' W. ; depth, 568 fathoms. 

 CORAL SAND: very little material, white, gritty, quite incoherent; con- 

 sisting of fragments of Corals blackened with manganese, the largest 7 mm. 

 in length, Polyzoa, otoliths, pelagic and bottom-living Foraminifera, Echi- 

 noid spines, Pteropods, Heteropods. 



