of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 319 
37 to 53 fathoms, took 91, measuring from 2} to 3} inches (57mm. to 
82mm.), most measuring from 2; to 2? inches (63mm. to 70mm). The 
measurements were carefully made to fractions of an inch, as follows:— 
2} oh 23 3 3} 3h 
6 35 ap 3 z 
One at 2 inches (70mm.) was caught in the same neighbourhood on 
the same day, and another of 70mm. at the mouth of the Clyde on 23rd 
November, while in December, on the 17th and 18th, 20 were taken in 
Lochfyne, measuring from 55cm. to 9em., as follows :— 
55 6 65 7 75 8 8:5 9 
2 4 4 5 3 1 - 1 
Some of the herrings taken in the Firth of Forth in previous years 
by the Garland, which are included in the Table at the end of the paper 
(III.), and shown on Plate XIX. by dotted lines, belong to the same 
series. They were measured by Dr. T. Scott in fractions of an inch, 
and grouped together, and thus in some cases it is not easy to separate 
them into groups. In some instances, however, the distinction is easy. 
They were all taken in a fine-meshed shrimp trawl net. 
The number of hauls made was 135, apportioned to the various 
months as follows—the depths are in fathoms :— 
1889. 1890. 1891. 1892, 
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May, - 
June, - 
August, 
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December, - 
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The particulars in regard to the herrings taken are given in the 
following Table, the ordinary figures referring to the length in inches, 
and those in brackets to the corresponding length in millimetres :— 
|TABLE. 
