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at a distances of 215 miles. Of those which went south-east, 1 was got 35 miles 

 E.S.E. of North Shields, at a distance of 97 miles, and 1, 158 miles E. by S. of North 

 Shields, at 176 miles distant ; 1 was taken 4 miles north of St. Andrews, 28 miles to 

 the north and west ; and another 8 miles to the north and west ; 1 was recaptured 

 6 miles to the south and west. 



Thiitv-two " ripe " plaice, 22 males, 9 females and 1 of unknown sex, were got 

 from the experiments between Elie and Fidra, in the Firth of Forth. The place of 

 capture of 1 of the males was not ascertained, and another male was described as 

 having been taken " 183 miles north-east of Caithness " and cannot, therefore, be 

 locahsed. None of the fish was recaptured within the Firth of Forth. Nine were 

 taken at distances between 18 and 31 miles to the north and east, off May Isle and 

 the Bell Rock, and 6 were found off the coast of Aberdeenshire, in the vicinity of 

 Aberdeen, at distances of from 62 to 78 miles, and farther north 1 was got at 71 miles 

 distant, 3 near Buchanness, at a distance of from 85 to 88 miles. Five were re- 

 captured in the Moray Firth, at distances varying from 126 to 174 miles, and 2 

 on the north coast, at 211 and 214 miles distant. Four were recaptured to the 

 south and east, at 25, 36, 45, and 122 miles, the latter, a male, on the Whitby grounds. 



From the experiments at 3 miles from Fidra Light, 6 " ripe " plaice were re- 

 captured, 3 males and 3 females. One was taken between the Carr Light and the 

 Bell Rock, at a distance of 18 miles to the north and east ; another, at 23 miles in 

 the same direction ; 1 near Aberdeen Bank, at a distance of 71 miles ; 1 far off- 

 shore, off the Aberdeenshire coast, at a distance of 106 miles to the north and east ; 

 and another to the east of the Orkneys, at a distance of 191 miles ; the sixth, a 

 female, was recaptured 26 miles to the south and west, opposite the mouth of the 

 Firth of Forth. 



Only 1, a male, was recaptured from the experiment in St. Andrew's Bay. It 

 was taken to the east of the Isle of May, at a distance of 20 miles to the south and 

 east. 



Six " ripe " plaice were recovered from the experiment at 40 miles east of the' 

 Isle of May, 3 males and 3 females. Four were taken to the north and east, 1 off 

 Tod Head, at a distance of 33 miles ; another near Buchanness, at 60 miles ; and 2 

 in the Moray Firth, 1 at Whitehills, Banff, at a distance of 110 miles, and the other 

 near Clyth Ness, Caithness, at a distance of 135 miles. Two, both males, were got 

 to the south and west, 1 at a distance of 8 miles, and the other at 25 miles, the 

 latter to the east of St. Abb's Head. 



Five, all males, were taken from the experiments at 50 miles east of the Isle of 

 May, 1, 39 miles to the south and west, E.S.E. of the Isle of May ; another south- 

 east of the Bell Rock, at a distance of 30 miles to the north and west ; a third, on 

 the Whitby Grounds, 104 miles to the south and west ; the fourth at Aberdeen 

 Bank, 37 miles to the north and east ; and the last in the Moray Firth, off Whitehills, 

 Banff, at a distance of 110 miles, 



(2) GREAT FISHER BANK. 



Eight were recaptured from the experiments at the Great Fisher Bank, 5 males 

 and 3 females, 2 at 11 and 37 miles to the south and east, 1. 43 miles to the north 

 and east, 3 to the south and west, at IJ, 62, and 69 miles, and 2 to the north and 

 west, at 137 and 156 miles, 1 of them on Aberdeen Bank. 



(3) ABERDEEN BANK. 



The number of " ripe " plaice recovered from the experiments at Aberdeen 

 Bank was 41, 33 males and 8 females. The place of capture of 1, a male, was not 

 determined. Of the remaining 40, 28 had migrated to the north and west, 6 to the 

 south and west, 3 to the north and east, 2 to the south and east, and 1 to the west. 

 Nine were found to the north and west of the station, towards the coast of Abprdeen, 

 at distances of from 4 to 16i miles ; 4 near Buchanness, at 32 and 35 miles ; 12 

 in the Moray Firth, 6 of them on the south coast, Sat Banff. 1 at the Dornoch Firth, 

 and 5 off the coast of Caithness ; 1 was recaptured on the north coast and 2 on the 

 west coast, to the south-west of Cape Wrath ; 1 was got 7 miles from Rackwick, 

 west of the Orkneys, at a distance of 146 miles ; 1 on the east of the Orkneys, at 127 



