148 



Part III. — T'lventy-second Annual Report 



Cm. 



9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 20 

 24 



25 



28 



30 



35 



40 



45 



48 



50 



55 



60 



70 



75 



94 

 100 

 108 



Cod. 



II. 



Whiting. 



I. II. 



40 

 46-2 

 63-4 

 120 

 138-4 

 196-8 

 245-6 

 394-4 

 568-8 

 828 

 985 

 1,172 

 1,588 

 2,174 

 3,360 

 3,948 

 7,888 

 9,112 

 11,728 



45-4 

 54 

 71-1 

 1231 

 146-5 

 210-7 

 271-8 

 420 

 614-3 

 907 

 1,013 

 1,139 

 1,608 

 2,057 

 3,380 

 4,000 

 9,144 

 10,194 

 12,239 



12 



27-2 



34-4 



40-8 



56-8 



99-2 



112-8 



154-4 



190-4 



305-6 



433-6 



Witch. 



1-52 



12-4 



23-8 



35-2 

 41-3 

 54-2 



102-4 



118 



178-1 



210-6 



332 



513 



7-6 



9-1 



10-5 



11-7 

 12-8 



II. 



1-46 



67-2 



112-6 



9-9 

 11-7 

 14 

 16-9 

 20 



Long Rough 

 Dab. 



2-64 

 4-0 



170-4 



7-76 

 10-4 

 12-2 

 15-4 

 18-5 

 21-4 

 28-4 

 31-2 

 45-6 

 84 



II. 



Herring. 



2-68 

 3-9 



7-85 

 10-5 

 13-3 

 16-5 

 21-6 

 27-2 

 32-4 

 40-4 

 58-5 

 122 



I. II. 



Sprat. 



I. II. 



819 



984 



283 



589 



458 



791 



23-8 

 29 

 34-2 

 47-2 

 84-8 

 96-8 

 141-6 

 187-2 



29-1 



34-1 

 40-3 

 55-1 



106-1 



119-8 



174 



219-5 



4-0 

 5-36 

 7-04 

 9-36 



4-6 



6-71 



9-48 



12-46 



Among the exceptions to the statement that the rule does not apply 

 the most common are to be found among the small and young forms and 

 in the whiting. In many cases the weight of the smallest individuals 

 whose weight may be calculated by the method described is under the 

 ratio prescribed by the law, or in conformity with it, and thus differs from 

 what obtains among the larger individuals. It seems not improbable 

 that the explanation of this circumstance is that, in their early stages, 

 the fishes grow in length in a greater ratio than they grow in other 

 dimensions. This is specially observable among the whitings, witches, 

 and long rough dabs, although in the case of the two latter, at all events, 



