SUMMARY OF RESULTS 
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Station 159 (Sounding 263), Termination Land to Melbourne (see Chart 24 and 
Diagram 10). 
March 10, 1874 ; lat. 47° 25' S., long. 130° 22' K 
Temperature of air at noon, 51° - 3 ; mean for the day, 51°'2. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, .... 
51-5 
800 fathoms, 
38-3 
50 fathoms, . 
50-0 
900 „ ... 
37-9 
100 „ ... 
49-0 
1000 „ ... 
37-7 
150 „ ... 
48-1 
1100 „ ... 
37-5 
200 „ ... 
47-4 
1200 „ ... 
37-3 
300 „ ... 
47-2 
1300 „ ... 
37T 
400 „ ... 
46-9 
1400 „ ... 
36*9 
500 „ ... 
44-8 
1500 „ ... 
36-7 
600 „ . . 
41-8 
Bottom, 
34-5 
700 „ ... 
39-4 
Density at 60 c F. at surface, 
D02566; bottom, 1 ‘02564. 
Depth, 2150 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 87'90 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp. ). 
At 8 a.m. shortened sail and put over trawl. At 9.15 a.m. furled sails, brought ship 
to wind, and sounded in 2150 fathoms. At noon obtained a series of temperatures 
down to 1500 fathoms. The carbonic acid was determined in bottom water, and 
amounted to 5 2 '6 milligrammes per litre. At 2 p.m. commenced heaving in trawl, which 
came up at 4 p.m. nearly empty, having probably been very near, but never reached, the 
bottom, as it contained no certain inhabitant of the bottom, nor any ooze. At 4.30 p.m. 
made sail. The following birds were observed about the ship in this locality : — Diomedea 
exulans , Diomedea fulminata, molly mawks, mutton birds, petrels, and some small 
light-coloured birds flying over the sea at a distance. 
Distance at noon from Cape Otway, 780 miles. Made good 56 miles. 
The following species are recorded in the Zoological Reports from the trawl at this 
Station : — ■ 
Deep-Sea Medusa (Haeckel, Zool. pt. 12) 
JEejinurOj myosura,n.g., n.sp. One specimen ; obtained at no other locality. Only 
species of the genus. 
Macrura (Spence Bate, Zool. pt. 52). 
Gennadas parvus, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; for distribution see Station 45. 
PrJaiidium foliaceum, n.g., n.sp. One specimen; obtained also at Station 146. 
Only species of the genus. 
Station 159. 
Animals from 
Trawl. 
