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THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. CHALLENGER. 
Station 165b. 
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Station 165b (Sounding 282), Sydney to New Zealand (see Chart 27 and 
Diagram 11). 
June 21, 1874 ; lat. 37° 53' S., long. 163° 18' E. 
Temperature of air at noon, 59’ ’0 ; mean for the day, 58" '5. 
Temperature of water : — 
Surface, . 
59-5 
500 fathoms, . 
42°5 
20 fathoms, . 
59-8 
600 
40-4 
40 „ 
590 
700 
38-7 
60 „ 
58-0 
800 
37-5 
80 „ 
57-2 
900 „ 
36-8 
100 „ 
559 
1000 
364 
200 „ 
51-2 
1250 „ 
35-7 
300 „ 
47-8 
1500 
34-8 
400 „ 
44-9 
Bottom, 
347 
Density at 60° F. at surface, 1 ’02616 ; bottom, 1 02625. 
Depth, 1975 fathoms; deposit, Globigerina Ooze, containing 76’59 per cent, of 
carbonate of lime (see Murray and Renard, Deep-Sea Deposits Chall. Exp.). 
At 6 a.m. got up steam, and at 6.30 a.m. shortened and furled sails, and 
proceeded under steam to sound. Sounded in 1975 fathoms. At 8 a.m. obtained serial 
temperatures down to 1500 fathoms, and specimens of water. At 9.45 a.m. completed 
observations, and made sail. A strong northerly breeze since morning ; towards 
midnight the wind rose to a gale. Besides Diomedea exulans and Diomedea 
mdanophrys, another albatross was observed to-day; it had a black bill, head, and 
neck, rump and belly white, otherwise like Diomedea mdanophrys. There were 
great numbers of Procellaria sequinoctialis, as well as a few prions and Cape pigeons. 
C.ipe Farewell distant at noon, 464 miles. Made good 150 miles. Amount of current 
18 miles, direction S. 23° W. 
Foraminifi.ua (Brady, Zool. pt. 22). — The following species of Foraminifera were 
observed in the deposit from this Station; the pelagic species, which make up about 
65 per cent, of the carbonate of lime present in the deposit, are marked thus x : — 
Mlorulina rispressa, d’Orbigny. 
Mili/Aina obhnuja (Montagu). 
„ teminuium I Linn*- ). 
„ ptmutfa (Karrcr). 
HajAophrwjnuum laiidorsatum (Borncmann). 
Truchammina panciloculata, Brady. 
„ tndlmata, Brady. 
Gaudryina pupoidcs, d’Orbigny. 
Clamdinn communis, d’Ovbigny. 
Vvrgvlina subdejtressa, Brady (?). 
