-104- observed sea birds, apparently. Was uninhab. in 1887, but a N. Z. firm proposed to "occupy" it. 0° 22' 30'' S., 160° 03' 00'' W. Malden (5 x 4 mi.; 30 ft. high; worked extensively for guano (formerly at least, and a few guano workers lived here); traces of former inhabitants exist in stone ruins; no fresh water now (but was some as late as 1825); formerly had some clumps of trees and bushes (1825) but now only a few shrubs and bushes; vessels from New Zea- land at intervals. Mac Farlane saw no birds here in Oct., 1884. 4° 05' S., 155° W. Manahiki [= Monahiki] Mangorongoro [= Tongareva] Manihiki [= Monahiki] Matunga (islet of Tongareva, and a leper colony. Molokai Molokai [= Matunga] Monahiki (6 x 5 mi.; triangular; 60 ft. high (to tree tops); closed (lagoon; covered with cocoanuts; inhab. Humphrey. Manahiki. Manihiki. British, and a dependency of N. Z. Penhryn [= Tongareva] Penhryn [= Tongareva] Rakaanga (very low; no lagoon; trees are 60-70 ft. high; soil poor and Grand Duke shallow; inhab.; about 20 mi. n. by w. of Monahiki. Alexander. British, and a dependency of N. Z. Rakahanga. Reirson. Rokahanga. Rakahanga [= Rakaanga] Reirson [= Rakaanga] Rokahanga [= Rakaanga] South (islet of Caroline atoll. Starbuck (5.5 x 2 mi.; 15 ft. high; has been worked for guano but now Hero. deserted; mostly white coral sand, covered with "green Volunteer. tangle and ice weed", and a few shrubs on n. e. part. When the 'Blonde' passed it, in 1825, it was less inviting than Malden, there "not being even the trees to enliven the flat coral rock." When Mac Farlane visited it Oct. 15, 1884, Sterna fuliginosa was breeding. Was leased to J. Arundel till 1915, & he may have planted cocoanuts on it. Moss, who visited it in 1886, with a party to rescue 4 seamen who had been shipwrecked