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table of means failed to suggest any conclusions to my mind ; I therefore proceeded 
to tabulate the waters according to regular intervals in the alkalinities (per 55 - 43 of 
chlorine)* in the following Table : — 
Table II. 
Classification of Alkalinities. 
S stands for the number of the Station, 8 the denth in fathoms at which the 
The Alkalinity ranges. 
Sample was taken, B stands for 
“bottom.” 
I. From 0T400 to 0T439. 
8 = 
0 
0 
0 
25 
25 
25 
50 
200 
300 
S 
272 
351 
353 
353 
354 
347 
354 
354 
354 
II. From 0T440 to 0T479. 
s= 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
25 
25 
s 
97 
291 
295 
309 
318 
335 
335 
276 
339 
s= 
50 
50 
50 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
150 
s 
178 
213 
280 
137 
143 
170 
291 
351 
62 
s= 
200 
200 
400 
400 
500 
600 
B. 
B. 
B. 
s 
175 
178 
158 
354 
354 
354 
10 
62 
65 
8 = 
R. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
s 
110 
306 
309 
335 
342 
347 
354 
III. iAom 0T480fo0T519. 
8 = 
0 
0 
25 
50 
50 
50 
75 
200 
200 
S 
5 
130 
240 
102 
154 
300 
92 
137 
143 j 
8 = 
300 
300 
300 
300 
300 
400 
400 
400 
500 
s 
143 
179 
202 
227 
268 
143 
170 
193 
62 
8 = 
500 
800 
800 
1000 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
S 
244 
272 
276 
131 
11 
14 
59 
116 
122 
8 = 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
S 
133 
153 
175 
196 
290 
291 
296 
311 
323 
8 = 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. (?) 
S 
0) 
339 
345 
353 
IY. From 0T520 to 0T559. 
8 = 
0 
200 
300 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
S 
143 
102 
129 
2 
18 
25 
38 
168 
213 
8 = 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
B. 
S 
225 
238 
245 
277 
278 
292 
295 
313 
329 
8 = 
B. 
S 
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From this point onwards the word alkalinity is always used, when mentioned as a quantity, in this sense. 
