INDEX. 



427 



Range of occurrence of corals in borings, 320-321 ; of fora- 



tninifera, Hid., 318 ; of various other organisms, ibid. 



330. 

 Eason, Captain, E. G., 50, 53, 59. 

 Eeef -destroying organisms, 140-141. 

 flat, tlie, 11 ; composition of, 12 ; peripheral extension 



of, 78, et seq. ; reef-flat of Nine, 52. 

 forming organisms, distribution of, 133-157, 155-159; 



mode of occurrence, 137-140 ; rate of growth, 56, 



141-118. 



rock rubble, 75. 



rocks, jaroportion of insoluble residues in, 368-370. 



Eeefs, raised, at VValu Bay, 43 ; do. at Nine, 51 ; dead of 



Mangrove Swamp, 20-23 (and figs. 13-15), 69, et seq. ; 



do. of Nukulailai, 51 ; of Indian and Pacific Oceans, 



Funafuti rocks contrasted with, 175. 

 Eeference marks, on Island of Funafuti, 165-166 (and 



pi. 19). 

 Regeneration of Pocillopora, 144; of Lithothamnion, 145. 

 Reynolds, J. Emebson, analyses of lagoon-water. 

 IHngicula in Sollas's 1st boring, 298. 

 Hissoa in main boring, 203. 

 Rissoina in main boring, 202. 

 Robinson, H! E. C, 68. 

 Rock, various types, table of areas occupied by, 82 ; remarks 



on, 83. See also Cores. 

 RotaJia (?) in main boring, 204, 337. 

 Rotuma, beach-sandstone of, 74. 



Royal Society, ils connection with the boring, viii, et seq. 

 '■ Royalist," H.M.S., 50, 52. 



Russell, H. C, 42, 150 ; Report on Meteorological Obser- 

 vations, 29-32. 



Sagenina in lagoon-boring, 312, 314, 344. 



froiidescens, 312. 



Sagrind in SoLLAs's 2nd boring, 305, 309, 342 ; in lagoon- 

 boring, 312, 344. 



raphaiius, 202, 336. 



Salts, soluble, in th.e cores, 366-367. 



Sand, foraminiferal and algous, 6, 8, 16, 28, 45, 46, 65, 68, 

 76, 92, et seq., 138; sand inlerbedded with Litho- 

 ^/iawju'oM-sar.dstone, 73 ; misuse of term, 188 ; 

 dolomitised " coral-reef-sand," 409, et seq., with figs. 

 43, 45, 49. 



Savage Is. See Nine. 



Sclerenchyma, secondary deposition of, 190, 195, et seq., 

 297, 301, 306, et seq. 



Scyphozoa, reference to memoir on, 183. 



Sea-level, changes of, 17-18, 22-25, et seq.,&7-i3S, 70, et seq., 

 79, 84, et seq. 



Seaward or outer ridge, 12 (and pi. A) ; seaward slope, 

 marine organisms living on, 54; seaward shore, geol. 

 map and sects., pi. 17. 



Sea-water, solvent action of, 13, 17, 21, 71 ; carbon-dioxide 

 m, 149 ; observations on temperature of, 150. 



Seaweed zone, 128-129. See also Algee. 



Second lioring, described, 4-6 and section (fig. 2) ; cores 

 from, 303-310; distribution of foraminifera in, 342- 

 343 ; do. of corals in, 352-353 ; do. of other organisms 

 in, 360-361. 



Secondary deposition of aragonlte and calcite, 190, 195, 

 et seq., 297, et seq., 393-397. 



Segregative action in sedimentary rocks, 387. 



Seriatopora in main boring, 220, '221, 225, 233, 244,250,253, 

 265, 273, 278, 281, et seq., 346, et seq. ; in lagoon- 

 boring, 312, et seq., 352 ; remarks on, 323. 



pacijica, 314. 



spinosa, bathymetric distribution of, 159. 



SerpuJa in main boring, 192, et seq., 196, et seq., 213, 224, 

 226, 231, 236, 238,242, 245, et seq., 263, 265, 268, et seq., 

 283, 288, et seq., 295, 354, et seq. ; in Sollas's 1st 

 boring, 398, et seq., 360 ; in his 2nd boring, 304, et seq., 

 360 ; in lagoon-boring, 312, et seq., 360. 

 Sherlock, R. L., Via. 



Shore-line, negative or downward movement of, 22-23, 67-68, 

 70, et seq., 79, 84 et seq. 



Siderastrma (?) in main boring, 284, 295, 321, 325, 351. 



Silt, choking 3rd boring, 45-46 ; inconveniences of, in main 



boring, 47, 49. 

 Skeats, E. W., 167, 171, 175, 363, 368, et seq., 406. 

 Slee, W. H. J , 41, 55, 59. 

 Slopes of the atoll, biological comparison of the, 132-133 ; 



results of dredjiing on the, 153, et seq. 

 Smeeth, W. F., drill designed by, 42. 

 Smitu, Edgar A., 202, 203, 298. 

 Smith, J. Haet, 167, 171, 363. 

 Sollas, W. J., vii. et seq., 167; Narrative of Expedition 



of 1896, 1-28. 

 Solubilities, relative, of calcium and magnesium carbonates, 



378-383 ; rapid, of crustacean skeletons, &c., 383, 



et seq. 

 Soluble salts in cores, 366-367. 

 Solution-area, typical, on Tutanga, 93-94. 

 Solvent action of sea-water, 13, 17, 21, 71; of burnous and 



humic acids, 71, 73-74, 86 ; of carbon dioxide, 379-383. 

 SoEBV, H. C, 167, 172; Note on Coral-rock of Funafuti, 



390-391. 

 Soundings, 8-9 (fig. 3), 10-11, 174. 

 SpirilUna in main boring, 202, 337 ; in Sollas's 2nd 



boring, 306, 309, 3i3 ; in lagoon boring, 312, 3!5. 



vivipara, 202 ; S. sp. nov., 202. 



SpirolocuUna in main boring, 207, 219, 230, et seq., 242, 258, 



336, 338 ; in Sollas's 2nd boring, 306, 342 ; in lagoon- 

 boring, 312, 344. 



grata, 207. 



Spiroriis, in main baring, 196, 200, et seq., 212, 354; in 



Sollas's 1st boring, 300, et seq., 360 ; in his 2nd 



boring, 303, 306, et seq., 360 ; in lagoon-boring, 312, 



et seq., 360. 

 Sponges, list of publications dealing with, 182 ; corals in 



boring-cores riddled by sponges, 190, 195, et .seq. ; 



remarks on, 328-329. Sec also C ilc'sponges, Clionas. 

 Stalactitic-looking dolomite in cores 198A-215A, 256, 257, 



258. 

 Stratification, simulated, 174 ; absence of true stratification 



in cores, 193, 243, 244. 

 Stuart, Andbrson, xiii-xiv, 41, 42, 58, 160. 

 S ruRDEE, Captain F. C. D., 47, 56, 160, 163. 

 Stylaster, sp., 203, 320, 322, 344. 

 Stglophora in main boring, 199, 200, 211, et seq., 230, et seq., 



257, et seq., 281, et seq., 344, et seq. ; in Sollas's Ist 



boring, 300, 302, 352 ; remarks on, 323. 

 Submarine configuration of atoll, 8, et seq., 64-66, 154; 



submarine slips, 26, 27. See also Cliff, Slopes, &c. 

 Subsidence, hypothetical, 17-18 (and figs. 9-11). 

 Sunlight, its effect on growth of Lithothamnion, &c., 139, 



145, 148, 158. 

 Survey, geological, of islets of atoll, 54 ; magnetic, of Funa- 

 futi Atoll, 33-39, 54-55. 

 Swallow-hole, near N. end of Mangrove Swamp, 68 (and pi. C) 



and pi. 9. 

 Sweet, &., 42, et seq., 51, 53, 57-58, 167 ; Notes explanatory 



of Lettering on Greological Maps, 112-124 ; (and T. W. E. 



David), the G-eology of Funafuti, 60-111, and pis. 



1-19. 

 Symbols used on maps and sections, 66. 



Taiirale reef, 23 ; " Taiisale Period," 23, 25. 



Taro Swamp, 20, 25 ; Taro Plantation, phosphatic soil of, 



68-69 (chem. anal.). 

 Teafoafou (and Tengasu), description of, 94-95, 113-114; 



geol. map and sects., pi. 5. 

 Te Alualiku Islet, geol. map and sect., pi. 13. 

 Te Akau Tuluaga, 8, 42, 44 ; boring recommended at, 45. 

 Te Ava Fuagea (channel), 8 ; antiquity of, 84. 

 Te Ava Tebuka (channel), 8 ; antiquity of, 84. 

 Te Bua Bua (channel), 43, &c. 

 Tebuka Islet, geol. map and sect., pi. 14. 

 Tefala Islet, description of, 90-92, 112 ; geol. map, pi. 4. 

 Te Falaoingo. See Falaoingo. 

 Tefota Islet, description of, 103-104, 115-116; geol. map, 



pi. 5. 

 Telele Islet, description of, 99-100, 101-103, 115; geol, 



map and sects., pi. 5, 



