PRELIMINARY REPORT. 
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3 / ne Temper- 
E sek Position. atures. @ Netis 
4 1899-1900. 2 8 of Remarks. 
ms Latitude | Longitude | Sur-] Bot- =o ae 
& South. West. |face.| tom. | Ac 
In Frist ARCHIPELAGO. 
° , ° if ° ° 
189 |Dec. 7/18 50 |178 28 | 79| 42.9 | 453/Finecoralsand. Pter- About in centre of passage between 
opod ooze. Few| Yangas4—Mothe. Southern extension 
glob. of eastern Fiji plateau. 
190) « 18 54 1178 35 179/47 | 324|Coral sand. Colored|Between Namuka and Yangasa. 
in part by manga-|Sts. 189-193 referred to B. A. Chart 
nese. No. 2691, corrected to Dec., 1897. 
191} « {18 56 | 178 43 | 79|39.3| 600|Pteropod ooze. Frag-/6 miles S. 23° W. from west end of 
"| ments of pumice.| Namuka. Between Namuka and 
Fine coral sand,) Marambo. 
lob. 
192| * “18 56 |178 50 | 79/ 42.4) 450 Coral sand, Ptero-/2.7 miles N. 19° W. from Marambo. 
pods. Manganese,| In centre of triangle Marambo, 
glob. Kambara, Wangava, about 5 miles 
distant. 
193|Dec. 9/18 56.5/179 16 | 80/37 | 990|Veryfinelight yellow| About 15 miles west of Kambara, on 
brown coral ooze. | way to Totoya. 
FIJI THROUGH ELLICE AND GILBERT ISLANDS TO JALUIT MARSHALL 
ARCHIPELAGO. 
194]Dec. 21/12 43 | 179 50 | 85 | 35.6 |1445|Light yellow brown H.O. Chart No. 825%, cor. April, 1895. 
Longitude glob. ooze. 
ast. 
195 |Dec. 22/10 47 | 179 30 245|Coral sand, rocky. |Tanner machine. 4% mile south, off 
Nurakita. B. A. Chart No. 18380, 
1900. corr. March, 1898. 
196 |Jan. 1) 018 |173 54 170|Hard bottom. 2 mile south of village off south side of 
Apamama. Sts. 196-207 H.O. Chart 
Tatttade No. 119, corr. May, 1899. 
North. 
197 |Jan. 2] 0 30 |173 35 |83}85 |2221|Light yellowgrayglob On way Apamama-Maiana. About 16 
ooze. Struck glo-| miles from northwest end of Apa~ 
bigerinae of Equat.} mama. 
Current (obtained 
before in Paumotus) 
19s} « “0 46 1173 09 | 84135.6|1365|Yellow gray glob.{About 9 miles southeast of Maiana. 
ooze. Very coarse 
large species. 
1991 « «1112 1173 05 |84{ 43.5] 413|/Same coarse large|Halfway to Tarawa from Maiana. Un- 
glob. oozeas before | known summit. 
200} | 1 20 | 178203 95|Broken shells. Coral|About 4 mile from centre of south 
sand. shore of Tarawa, Tanner sounding 
machine. 
QOL Sl 20) alfa. 04 DUO tee eee About 1 mile E. of last station, off south 
shore of Tarawa. ‘Tanner sounding 
machine. 
902 \Jan. 3/117 |173 09 | 84| 35.3 |1569|Coarse large globig-|About 5 miles S. 12° E. of southeast 
erinae. Same as| point of Tarawa. Shoal said to ex- 
before. tend there. Evidently no plateau; 
may bea ridge, connecting the islands 
Maiana, Tarawa, and Apaiang. 
