with a tracing of thoir brief survey of this area. A ptotographio copy 
of this la appettded* 
la the reef at either end is a euffioioat opening for the 
passage of sjaaller -ressels. Itte alnlTOa depth at scan low mter is 
2<»i/4 fatlioas# Ci^taia Picking tells ss© ihat be beliefs it wight be 
a very simple matter to inoreas® mis depth if neoessary wittiont rooourse 
to blasting. 
As it happened, I did not visit this partloular site, wMoh 
Captain Plofcii^^ disoo vered Just before our dejmrtur© from -Soutli Sey- 
soar, but I have utmost oonfideiioe in hAs Judf 3 a 0 .nt for all points of 
view, and I would therefore urge, unless other o<sasiderations should 
outweigh ay reoaTOeadations, that the proposed laboratory be located 
at this place because of the very excellent fiarbor facilities and 
suitable terrain ashore for the oonatruotioa of building, the rest of 
ohe land here, too, lends itself to the construotion of a gunite nyater*" 
shed* la tdi® wet season it seems probably that such an installation 
w^ll peroilt sufficl®Eit water to oe oolleoted to lest a Si:i^ll establish*" 
ment through the dry xk season, Scerever, it is tii® oonsensus of opln*" 
ion of the off ioers of the MALLARD »i»K2iil that me most pr aotloal 
of s^plying water would be to haul it from Preslnmter Bay, ChthM 
lalaiid. At this plaoe a amll 4« would have to be oonstrueted so timt 
a flexible pipe line might be laid a short distance off shore so that 
water could be tak®s without landing, Frestefater Bay unfortunately, 
on the .south side of Chattea. Beeaiwe of ti» premiling winds, the 
aouidiem exposur^of .all islands are generally bad landing places, 
(hi l&y 1st I visited the Satloml Museum of Paaa®ia,. examined 
the oolleotions, asad encouraged Dr, Mondes to collect crustaceans both 
for his institution and for ours. At present there are only two 
