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larger or marketable fishes. No effort or arrangement was made to 
secure the smaller species or invertebrates, the presence or absence of 
which may have an important bearing on the distribution of the 
economic fishes. 
I endeavoured to remedy this omission to a certain extent by 
obtaining permission to introduce, within the trawl, sections of a 
smaller-meshed cotton net, the only kind procurable at short notice. 
This, however, soon went to pieces, and, as some trouble was entailed 
in fixing a new section, it was only occasionally that the net was 
introduced for me. When, however, this smail net was used, the 
increased number of species obtained was very marked. I especially 
regret that, though the trawl was hauled on several occasions in the 
waters surrounding the Chatham Islands, the small net was not once 
employed. 
Tow-nets were freely used, but I am sorry to have to state that 
nearly all the takings were washed overboard during heavy weather. 
While dealing with the subject of equipment, I may mention that 
I placed on board various dredges, &c., but had little opportunity 
of using them.’ Some dredgings in 100 fathoms or over were conducted 
on behalf of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of 
Science, at the instance of its Committee for the Biological and Hydro- 
graphical Study ef the New Zealand Coast (of which I am a member). 
The committee placed the necessary apparatus and equipment at my 
. disposal, and, out of five essays, four proved successful. The results 
of the hauls will be communicated after the material has been in- 
vestigated ; the samples of the bottom obtained having been placed 
in the hands of Mr. Suter, of Auckland, for report. The following 
are details of the four successful stations. 
Bucket-dredge Stations. 
Station. Date. Position. Fathoms. 
A June 19 .. | 24 miles S.E. of Long Point .. 120 
B sah gee .. 12 miles 8.E. of Cape Saunders 100 
C July 11 .. 60 miles E. of Lyttelton < +, | LOD 
D Aug. 13 .. 20 miles N.E. of Flat Rock .. | 105 
SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS. 
Mr. L. F. Ayson, who is a member of the Committee of the Aus- 
tralasian Association for the Advancement of Science on Sea-surface 
Temperatures, has kindly allowed me the use of the observations 
taken on board the trawler, and the following is a complete record. 
When Mr. Ayson was, owing to illness, compelled to relinquish control 
of the expedition, the records of observations were continued by Mr. 
Thomas Anderton, his successor. 
