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average being 361:2. The particulars are given in the accompanying 
Table :— 
sal | | 
po eKE Had- | Whit- , Coal- Gur- . Tur- . 
Cod. |Codling. dGek! ing. } fish. ar: Halibut. bot. Brill. 
He 19 12 ily, - ais bi - 3 19 | 121 
II 59 340 160 144 
Total 19 71 352 160 i 144 3 a eA | 
F Lemon | Black . Com. Long 
Plaice. | “Dab, Sole. | Witch. | pap, Bonen Skate. | Angler. 
I 9,404 20 ] 20 378 28 
II 56 644 | 10 9 27 
Total | 9,460 20 1 20 13022 10 oT 27 
The number of haddocks, it will be observed, was very small, and the 
remark is true indeed of round fishes generally. The ten drags yielded 
only one dozen marketable haddocks, the same number of codlings, while 
all the whitings were unmarketable. Flat-fishes, on the other hand, were 
abundant. Nineteen turbot, 121 brill, 3 halibut, and 9404 plaice 
were taken to market, as well as 20 lemon dabs, a black or common 
sole, and some others. A considerable proportion of the plaice consisted 
of mediums, as the following statement shows :— 
Ist 2nd 3rd 4th Unmarketable Total. 
Plaice, 9} 41105 650908) 13 56 9460 
In Aberdeen Bay, on the 28th, a haul was taken with the small-meshed 
net around the cod-end, in 19 to 21 fathoms, the drag lasting for one 
hour and fifteen minutes. The catch was a very poor one, consisting of 
only 18 marketable fishes and 61 unmarketable, in the cod-end, or 
79 altogether, and it comprised 30 haddocks and 31 whitings, and only 
6 plaice. The small-meshed net contained the following :— 
Codling, - - 48 | Common Dabs, s 53 
Haddock, - - 46 | Long Rough Dabs, - 1] 
Whiting, : - 806 | Herring, - : al 
been - - - 6 
The total quantity of fish landed as a result of this trip amounted to 
1833 cwts., as follows :— 
Cod. Codling. Haddocks Turbot. Halibut. Brill. Lemon Dab. Plaice. Dabs. 
9f 1} 63 14 4 4 146} 33 
Witch. Conger Skate. 
BE 4 5 
