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again fallen into serious errors. For instance, take the 

 statement (p. Ixxxiv) : — 



" Tlie ratio of non-berried females to males points 

 unmistakably to the widespread occurrence of stripping." 



As can easily be proved by a reference to the Board's 

 own figures, it 2)oints unmistakably to nothing of the sort. 



The number of non-berried females and males in the 

 Lancashire and Western District is given in Table IX. 

 The next table above is for Cornwall (Table VIII) : — 



Cornwall. 



Lancashire & Western. 



That is to say the ratio of no n -berried females to 

 males is in Cornwall 123"2 : 100, and is in Lancashire 

 and Western lOS'O : 100. 



vSo that if these figures prove that stripping is 

 prevalent in the Lancashire and Western District, they 

 also prove that stripping is still more prevalent in the 

 Cornwall District, and this is very strange since there is 

 no restriction in Cornwall on the landing of berried 

 lobsters ! 



As a matter of fact, the Lancashire and Western 

 statistics were obtained fiom two distinct sources, which 

 slionld have been kepi distiiici and not ]uni[)(Ml together 

 as in Tabh' IX. The statistics from Pwlllieli were 

 obtained by our I'^isherv ofti^jer as a result of measure- 

 ments and detenu mai ions of sex of fhe lobsters landed 

 1)\- llu- hsheiiuen. Coiiseiiuenil v, lobsters under nine 



