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Paticulars of Sounding-stations.

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No. Locality. so Is cS--j Nature of Bottom. No. Locality. CO Nature of Bottom. 1 Six miles south east of Young Nick's Head Eight miles north-east of Table Cape Four miles E. by S. of False Gable Six miles E. by N. of False Gable Between Sporing's Island and Moutara Bluff Off Moutara Island Two miles south-east of Moutara Island Wainui Bay 25 Mud. 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Hauraki Gulf 26 21 24 24 20 21 22 22 21 21J 22 23 22 27 26 Green mud. 2 3 4 5 28 27 30 7 Off Great Barrier Island Sand & shell. S md. Mud. Stones. Okupu Bay (Great Barrier) 6 7 10 13 Rock. Sand. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 10 10J 10 15 n 17 13 13 Hi 5 5 5 6* 5J 6 6 6 15 Sand. Rock. 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 Off Tryphpna Bay South of Cape Colville Off Cape Maria van Diemen South of Kaipara Heads South of Manukau Heads 24 18 23 12 17 20 21 19 13 "15 7 9 Sand & shell. Sand. Fine gravel & shingle. Sand & shell. Mud. Sand. Dark sand. Dark sand. Rock. Sand. In Waiuku Channel, Manukau Inlet Sand. Scoria gravel. Between Tauhine Point and Young Nick's Head Off Iron Point Hicks Bay Whangaparoa Bay Off Tauranga Heads Between Manukau Head and Waikato Ditto .. Off Albatross Point Dark sand. 26 27 28 29 30 31 12 5 14 15 14 11 Shell & gravel. Coarse sand. Sand. 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 Off Rua Point 13 10 10 15 10 10 9 Sand. 32 33 34 35 36 Between Tauranga Heads and Katikati Off Katikati 16J 23 24 27 28 Off Pariokarewa Point Off coast between Urenui and Waitara Ditto .. Bock. Coarse sand. 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 11 13J 17 19 40 42 39 46 30 31 37 28 31 32 17 9 8 10 14 17 8 7 8 12 20 27 23 33 70 28 Sand. Nine miles N. by E. of Manganui Bluff Seven miles N. by E. of Manganui Bluff Six miles E. by N. of Manganui Bluff Off Tauranga bar Between Tauranga and Mayor Island Ditto Between Mayor Island and Slipper Island Ditto South of Paratutu (Taranaki coast) Off Taranaki coast Soft sand. 37 23 38 22 Sand. 39 40 7 36 Sand. From Napier to Mahia Mud. 41 42 43 No bottom with an 80-fathom line. Sand. OffNuhaka Off Ohuia Off Mohaka Sand. 43 44 45 46 60 40 22 28 Gravel. Sand. Rook. From Slipper Island to Whangaparoa Peninsula Ditto Off Waikare Biver Between Tuki Tuki and Kidnappers Gravel. 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 In Whangapora Bay In Torino Bay 15 14 7 20 12 10 24 Mud. Rock. Mud. Off Bare Island Rock. 54 55 56 Off Waiheke Island .. .'. In Hauraki Gulf, between Waiheke Island and Cape Colville East of Waiheke Island Entrance Waiheke Channel In Waiheke Cliannel 26 22 19 Off Kidnappers Off North Caps Off Cape Maria van Diemen Mud. Sand. Sand. Mud.