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CEYLON PEARL OYSTER REPORT. 



II. Voyage Back (Stations 2 5 to 41) 



25. Colombo to Minikoi (return voyage) (17 species 



26. Minikoi onwards to west (4 



Indian Ocean, further west . 



South of Aden to Red Sea 

 Red Sea 



27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 



33. „ ........... 



34. „ 



35. Gulf of Suez and Suez Canal . . 



36. Suez Canal (12 hours) 



37. Port Said, Mediterranean onwards . 



38. South of Crete (air 63° F., sea 63-5° F.) 



39. Crete to Messina 



40. Messina to Sardinia 



41. Strait of Bonifacio to Marseilles . . . 



42. 

 43. 

 44. 

 45. 

 46. 

 47. 

 48. 

 49. 

 50. 

 51. 

 52. 

 53. 

 54. 

 55. 

 56. 

 57. 

 58. 

 59. 

 60. 



III. Round Ceylon 



Four hauls off Negombo (Station I.*) . . . . 



Off Chilaw (Station III.) 



Chilaw Paar (Station V.) 



Off Kalpentyn Island — night and early morning 



Muttuvaratu Paar, 11.30 a.m 



Cheval and Periya paars 



Pamban Pass, 8 a.m 



Palk Bay (Station XVIII.) 



Back Bay, Trincomalee (Station XX.) .... 



,, &c, Trincomalee 



Surface, 5 miles east of Arugam Bay .... 



Galle, after dark, 9 p.m 



8 p.m -. . ■ . 



,, surface outside bay, daylight 



Off Pantura, south of Colombo 



North of Karativo, Kodramallai Point .... 

 2f miles S.S.W. of Chilavaturi, bottom 15 fathoms 



To south of Cheval Paar 



Modragam Paar 



41 

 36 

 40 

 33 

 27 

 33 

 22 

 26 

 21 

 12 

 23 

 20 

 16 

 6 

 9 



11 species 



25 



18 



11 



18 



29 



18 



6 



8 



9 

 26 

 11 



9 

 36 

 26 

 22 

 14 

 41 

 19 



April 8-9, 1902. 

 „ 9-10 

 „ 10-11 



11-12 



12-13 



13-14 



14-15 



15-16 



16-17 



17-18 



18-19 

 19 



20-21 



21-22 



22-23 



23-24 

 24 



Jan. 

 Feb. 



31, 1902. 

 1 

 2 

 2-3 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



12 



14 



15 



17 



19 

 9; 



* Stations with roman numerals, in brackets, are the dredging stations (see 







26 



26 



March 1 



' Narrative, " p. 17). 



