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The Lobster Fishing of one Boat in Plymouth District, 

 from May 1st to September 29th, 1890. 



The data for this paper were again supplied by Mr. Roacli, and 

 have all been reduced to tabular form. I shall here state ouly the 

 general results. 



The total number of lobsters taken was 1753. Of these 1226 

 were males and 527 females, i. e. 699 more males than females. 



Concerning the number of " berried hens ^' in each month, we 

 find- 

 In May, 21 out of 105 females. 



In June, 21 out of 133 females. 



In Jul}^, till 11th day of the mouth, 14 out of 47 females. 



On July nth notes as to presence of females with ova end 

 abruptly, nor is any note made of the number in August. On 

 September 8th there is note of one female, on the 15th two, on the 

 22nd one, on the 26th three, 27th two, and 29th two. 



The notices of soft- shelled lobsters are also confined to the first 

 part of the paper. In May about three out of every four males are 

 soft, most of them measuring eight to ten inches. There are 

 eighteen females mentioned as having soft shells. 



It is to be regretted that the last two items have not been 

 attended to more carefully. — W. L. C. 



