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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Explanations. 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  of 
  a 
  sounding 
  is 
  the 
  time 
  when 
  the 
  i)himmet 
  strikes 
  the 
  hottom 
  hy 
  the 
  

   ship's 
  local 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  time 
  of 
  a 
  net 
  or 
  dredge 
  haul 
  is 
  the 
  hour 
  when 
  such 
  apparatus 
  is 
  in 
  jjlace 
  or 
  

   position 
  and 
  the 
  actual 
  towing 
  or 
  dredging 
  commenced. 
  

  

  Where 
  two 
  surface 
  nets 
  were 
  used 
  the 
  actual 
  time 
  that 
  both 
  nets 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  

   together 
  is 
  given 
  as 
  if 
  but 
  one 
  piece 
  of 
  gear 
  were 
  employed. 
  

  

  The 
  remarks 
  show 
  how 
  many 
  single 
  hauls 
  of 
  a 
  surface 
  net 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  each 
  station. 
  

  

  Almost 
  invariably 
  the 
  dredging 
  stations 
  were 
  located 
  by 
  soundings 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  line, 
  and 
  a 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  dredgings 
  were 
  on 
  lines 
  of 
  continuous 
  development. 
  

  

  The 
  drift 
  is 
  the 
  direction 
  and 
  distance 
  traveled 
  over 
  the 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  bot- 
  

   tom 
  gear, 
  and 
  through 
  the 
  water 
  — 
  after 
  getting 
  in 
  position 
  — 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  other 
  nets. 
  

   No 
  account 
  is 
  taken 
  of 
  the 
  distance 
  traveled 
  by 
  the 
  ship 
  while 
  nets 
  are 
  being 
  lowered 
  

   or 
  hoisted. 
  

  

  LIM 
  of 
  ahhreviations 
  employed 
  in 
  tJiese 
  records. 
  

  

  