of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
Length. Girth, Weight. 
; Cm. Cm. Gm. 
Series a. 1 20 8°5 58 
2 20°5 9 60 
3 20°5 9°5 67 
+ 20°5 9°5 67 
D 20°5 9 64 
6 21 9 72 
7 21°5 10 75 
8 22°5 2 75 
9 21 9°5 70 
10 25 11 116 
Average, 21:3em. 94cm. 72-4om, 
Al 23 10 91 
The ova were | 
Analyses of the muscles of these herring :— 
Females—- 
87 
Condition. 
very imma- | 
ture. The 
weight of | 
the 10 pairs | 
of genitals | 
was 2‘4om. | 
in the fresh 
condition. 
Ovaries | 
weighed 
14:‘75gm., 
and __ their 
ova measur- 
ed 1:-2mm. 
Series A—( fish with immature ovaries previously spent). 
(a) Amounts stated in percentages of fresh material. 
P 
0 
8 
2 
In grammes Water, Proteid. Fat. 
per cent. 73°01 17°55 5°85 
(>) Grammes in the total muscles of the average fish in the 
series. 
Proteid. Fat. 
8°47 2°82 
B—(herring with mature ovaries). 
“39 
(za) Amounts stated in percentages of fresh material. 
Water. Proteid. Fat. 
72°9 20°58 3°52 
(>) Grammes in total muscles of fish. 
Proteid. Fat. 
12°34 D2G| 
