THE ANNALS 
AND 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
[SIXTH SERIES.] 
No. 35. NOVEMBER 1890. 
XLIII. — Report on the Corals from the Tizard and Macclesfield 
Banks , China Sea. By P. W. Bassett-Smith, Surgeon 
R.N. 
[Plates XII.-XIV.] 
In April 1888, by order of Capt. Wharton, F.R.S., Hydro- 
graph er to the Navy, a short survey was made of these 
interesting coral-banks by H.M.S. ‘ Rambler,’ in charge of 
Commander W. U. Moore, R.N. Sectional lines were run 
across the margins of the banks, both from within and with- 
out, into moderately deep water, and dredging-operations were 
carried on, which resulted in obtaining a large collection of 
corals &c., which were brought to England for further exam- 
ination, and subsequently presented by the Lords Com- 
missioners of the Admiralty to the British Museum (Natural 
History). The corals were for the most part dredged up 
under my own personal superintendence, and on the return of 
the vessel to England I obtained permission from the Admi- 
ralty to study and arrange the collection there through the 
kindness of Dr. Gunther, F.R.S. In the original Report of 
the Survey several of the corals were incorrectly specified 
from want of books of reference. On my return home I was 
enabled to devote several months to their detailed study, but 
should not have ventured to publish my generic and specific 
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