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and the absence of uniformity in the averages make any conckisions 

 uncertain. 



The number of round fishes taken was, as a rule, much less, and the 

 same observation applies with greater force to them. In the October 

 haiils, at the stations mentioned above, the number of cod, haddock, 

 whitings, and gurnards taken was 134 in 1901, the average being 26'8 ; 

 in 1896 the corresponding figures were 161 and 32"2, and in 1899, 105 

 and 21'0, I'espectively. The great majority consisted of gurnards, viz. 

 118 in 1901, 125 in 1896, and 56 in 1899, In the November hauls the 

 totals and averages in the various years were as follows: — 1895, 231 

 and 33-0; 1899, 245 and 35-0 ; and in 1901, 197 and 28-1. Gurnards 

 again greatly predominated. At the Loch Fyne stations (XIII.-XVII.) 

 in October, 1901, the number was 45 and the average 6'4 ; in November 

 the corresponding figui'es were 44 and 8*8, and in December 16 and 3'2. 

 In seventeen hauls the total number of cod caught was 17, the number 

 of haddocks 7, the number of whitings 15, and the number of gurnards 

 66. In October, November, and December, 1899, the averages for 

 round fishes at these stations were 14'4, 14*8, and 9*5 ; and of the total 

 of 184 round fishes taken in the fourteen hauls, 47 were cod , 58 were 

 haddocks, 26 whitings, and 53 gnrnards. It is obvious that numbers 

 of this kind are of no value in such investigations. 



T. WEMYSS FULTON, 



Scientific Superintendent. 



