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recaptured, 2 to the nortli and east, and 1 eacli to the north and west, south and 

 east, and south and west. 



Third Quarter. — In September, a male was taken 29 miles to the south and 

 west. 



In October, 3 females were recaptured, 2 of them 21 miles to the north and 

 west, near the coast south of Cruden Bay, and 3 east of the Bell Rock, at a distance 

 of 43 miles to the south and west. 



Three females were taken in November, 2 to the south and west, at distances 

 of 10 and 25 miles, and 1 at Cruden Bay, at a distance of 22 miles to the north 

 and west. 



In this quarter, 7 fish, or 10-6 per cent, were recovered, 4 (57-1 per cent.) 

 to the south and west, and 3 (42-8 per cent.) to the north and west. 



Fourth Quarter. — Two were found in December, 1, a female, near Aberdeen, at 

 a distance of 18 miles to the north and west, the other, a male, off Banff, Moray 

 Firth, at a distance of 62 miles to the north and west. 



In January 1913, 3 females and 1 male were recaptured. One of the females 

 was taken off Buchanness, at a distance of 21 miles to the north and east ; the male 

 and the other 2 females were recaptured in the Moray Firth, off Banff, at distances 

 of 61 and 62 miles. 



In February, 3 males and 4 females were got, the 3 males and 2 of the females 

 to the north-west, 1 female to the north, and the other to the south and east ; the 

 last had moved only 6 miles ; the female which went to the north had migrated 

 20 miles, and was taken off Buchanness ; of the others, 4 were taken in the Moray 

 Firth, 2 females at distances of 74 and 87 miles, and 2 males at 95 and 104 miles ; 

 the remaining male was found 6 or 7 miles south-west from Rackwick Bay, Orkneys, 

 at a distance of 129 miles. 



In this quarter, 13 fish, or 19*7 per cent., were recaptured, of which 10 were 

 taken to the north and west, 1 each to the north and east, the north, and the south 

 and east. 



In the 12 months immediately following the hberation, 38 fish, or 57 '6 per cent., 

 were recovered, 23, or 60 '5 per cent., to the north and west, 8, or 214 per cent., 

 to the south and west, 4, or 10*5 per cent., to the north-east, 2 to the south and 

 east, and 1 to the north. These particulars are summarised in the following 

 table : — 



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