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Part III. — Twenty -fifth Annual Report 



(a) Percentages. 

 Water. Total Proteid. 



57-29 23-81 



(b) Per average fish. 



Total Proteid. 

 23-81 



Coag. Proteid. 

 17-31 



Coag. Proteid. 

 17-31 



Fat. 

 1513 



Fat. 

 15-13 



:^o. lY.—'' Matties," August 9, 1906. 



Lerwick, September 1, 1906. 



Two boxes of herrings were sent from Lerwick, one set being mature 

 and the other spent. 



As a very large number were measured and weighed, it will be sufficient 

 in each case simply to give the average measurements and weights. 



I. — Large Mature Herring. 



The herring were just about to spawn. 



(a) Percentages. 

 Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. 



60-23 20-72 16-92 



Fat. 

 12-44 



(b) Per average fish. 



Total Proteid. 

 33-15 



Coag. Proteid. 

 27-07 



Fat. 

 19-90 



