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and Macrocystis, collected from various localities through a number 
of years and analyzed in the laboratories of this bureau. These tables 
are made up of results published elsewhere by the writer, 1 Linde- 
muth and Parker, 2 and Merz. 3 The samples may be regarded as 
average samples, since they were collected only as representative of 
the groves distributed along the coast. 
Table X. — Chemical composition of Nereocystis. 
Location. 
Fresh Water Bay, Puget Sound. 
San Juan County, Wash 
Point Arena, Cal 
Bay of Monterey, Cal 
Point Pinos, Cal 
Cayucos, Cal 
Geese Island, Alaska 
Port Graham, Alaska 
Pearse Canal, Alaska 
Between Tongass and Kanagunut Islands 
Gulf of Esquibel, Alaska 
55° 37' N., 133° 28' W 
Eagle Island, Davidson Inlet, Alaska 
Wrangell Straits, Alaska 
55°54'N.,133°30' W 
56° 36' N., 133° 57' W 
56° 12 7 N., 133° 40' W 
56° 08' N., 133° 54' W 
66° 36' N., 132° 57' W 
57° 01' N., 134° 34' W 
Average 
K 2 0. 
Per cent. 
18.04 
17.61 
31.62 
16.92 
17.05 
17.32 
16.20 
16.50 
16.72 
25.70 
13.30 
23.00 
16.20 
16.72 
20.62 
16.96 
23.82 
21.70 
19.40 
26.10 
20.83 
28.26 
15.44 
24.69 
14.78 
12.74 
23.88 
15.12 
30.12 
27.02 
19.63 
16.74 
24.80 
28.76 
17.67 
20.12 
26.05 
21.61 
22.73 
21.49 
Per cent. 
0.23 
.24 
.25 
.20 
.24 
.28 
.19 
.30 
.20 
.08 
.15 
.17 
.15 
.13 
.15 
.20 
.17 
.18 
.12 
.15 
.24 
.06 
.14 
.06 
None. 
None. 
None. 
.07 
.05 
None. 
None. 
.06 
.03 
None. 
.01 
.06 
.10 
.09 
Trace. 
Per cent. 
2.26 
2.21 
1.21 
2.57 
2.71 
2.53 
2.54 
2.21 
1.46 
1.29 
2.52 
1.32 
2.32 
2.22 
2.25 
2.15 
2.41 
1.58 
1.70 
1.12 
1.93 
1.06 
2.27 
1.15 
2.02 
2.87 
1.53 
3.06 
1.07 
.81 
1.04 
1.52 
2.01 
1.85 
1.46 
1.65 
1.54 
1.80 
Organic 
matter. 
Per cent. 
51.13 
51.11 
33.15 
51.16 
51.67 
50.12 
52.14 
37.40 
39.02 
41.80 
61.50 
46.20 
35.30 
53.56 
51.42 
57.25 
47.26 
50.20 
53.00 
40.60 
47.86 
43.52 
56.26 
40.50 
42.74 
60.50 
39.90 
55.56 
33.50 
39.92 
49.28 
51.60 
42.78 
32.66 
50.62 
48.56 
43.78 
43.50 
55.56 
47.75 
1 J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 
2 J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 
3 J. Ind. Eng. Chem. 
4, 9 (1912). 
5, 287 (1913). 
6, 19 (1914). 
