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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



LENGTH OF LARVAL STAGES IN 1905.* 



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Tempekatuhe. 



Ntjmbek of Dats in Dif- 



FEBENT Stages. 



First 

 Stage. 



Second 

 Stage. 



Third 

 Stage. 



OJS » IB 



May 21. 

 May 24. 

 May 24. 

 May 26. 

 June 5. 

 June 5. 

 June 7. 

 June 9 . 

 June 10. 

 June 12. 

 June 16. 

 I June 19. 

 June 21. 

 June 21. 

 June 25. 

 June 28. 

 June 29. 

 June 29. 

 June 29. 

 July 5. 

 July 7. 

 July 9. 



July ;ii. 



June 13 

 June 13 

 June 19 

 June 23 

 June 19 

 June 27 

 June 26 

 June 26 

 July 1 

 June 29 

 July 1 

 July 5 

 July 7 

 July 11 

 July 6 

 July 10 

 July 12 

 July 13 

 July 13 

 July 19 

 July 19 

 July 24 

 July 24 



53-56 



54-56 



52-70 



52-70.5 



54-77 



54-77 



54-77 



54-77 



60-77 



60-77 



62-77 



61-77 



61-77 



61-79 



61-77 



61-79 



64-79 



64-79 



64-79 



66-82 



69-82 



69-82 



57.4 

 57.6 



61.3 

 63.3 



70.7 



71. 



71.2 



71.4 



74.4 



75. 



74.4 



75.1 



The aveage number of days in the first stage was 5 and ranged from 4 to 12. 



The average number of days in the second stage was 3 and ranged from 2 to 6. 



The average number of days in the third stage was 4 and ranged from 4 to 6. 



The average nimiber of days to reach fourth stage was 13.8 and ranged from 10 to 21. 



*It must be borne in mind that the different lots were subjected to different conditions 

 which may have had an equal or greater influence than the temperature in regulating the 

 nimiber of days in the various stages. 



