56 Part I11.—Twenty-jirst Annual Report 
; Codling. 
Duration of 
Fishing. Cod Total. 
I Il. 
Lay eons | 
15th January, 1 ~ 2°0 6:0 2°0 10°0 
18th May, . 1 5 0:9 13°7 0:0 14°5 
28th June, yg) 78) 0°0 8-4 158 
30th July, 1% 16 45 264 15°5 46°5 
2Qist August, t 528 0-8 17:0 36°1 53°9 
5th, 28th November. 2 50 1:4 8-9 1:4 11°8 
16th December, 1 = 0:0 59:0 5:0 64-4 
9 34 23 16°4 0:9 27°6 
Per cent. 83 59°5 32°3 
It will be found on comparing the averages with those given above 
for Ajerdeen Bay in corresponding months that the large cod in 
summer were more numerous offshore; in most cases also the large 
codlings were more abundant, and in all cases the small codlings. The 
number of hauls, however, is small. 
In the nine hauls made on the Great Fisher Bank at the beginning 
of June, in thirty-four fathoms, the cod was not very abundant, the 
total number taken being 131, or 3:6 per haul; adult cod numbered 
fifty-two, the average per haul being 1:4; marketable codlings 
numbered 34, with an average of 0°9, and the small unmarketable 
codlings forty-five, the average being 1:2. The percentages were— 
adults, 39°7, large codling 26:0, and small codlings, 34:3. The averages 
for large cod were very much the same in Aberdeen Bay and the 
Moray Firth in the corresponding month, viz. 1°5 and 1°3; those for 
the larger codlings were less in Aberdeen Bay and greater in the Moray 
Firth ; and those for the smaller codlings were less in both places. 
The younger codlings were most abundant actually and relatively on 
the Fisher Bank. 
In the hauls taken in the deep water on the north-eastern grounds 
the proportions were different. In those made towards the end of May 
in from fifty-eight to seventy-six fathoms, to the south-east of the 
Shetlands, the average number of cod taken per hour was 1:0, of 
marketable codlings 19:4, and of the small unmarketable codlings 0°3, 
the average for all sizes being 20°7. The percentages were respectively 
4-7, 93:8, and 1:5, showing a relatively great preponderance of the 
larger codlings. In the hauls made in June further to the south, off 
the northern coast of Aberdeen, in from sixty-four to seventy-one 
fathoms, the preponderance was not so marked. The average for the 
large cod was 3:1, for the large codlings 4-9, and for the small codlings 
0:2, and the percentages were 47:6, 59:4, and 3:0. In the same 
region, butin somewhat deeper water, viz. from seventy-six to eighty- 
one fathoms, the relative abundance of large codling was greater. The 
averages per hour were, for cod 2°4, for large codlings 19°8, and for 
small codlings 0:5, and for all sizes 22°9. The percentages were, for 
cod 10°8, for large codling 86:9, and for the small codling 2°3. In a 
