Dre 
explanation seems to be, that the shoals were in reality perfectly homogeneous in this 
respect; that the samples examined were thus representative of the stock as a whole, 
1911 
(northum ‚dustued) 
Horgen Korsyordm 23), 
1908 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 1700 99 98 
Fig. 19. Spring herring samples 1911. Composition in point of age. 
and that the method of investigation here employed really affords a means of obtaining 
aceurate information as to the composition in point of age of the whole stock. 
% 
25 
20 
65 
£0 
55 
50 
#5 
40 
35 
1908 07 06 05 04 03 02 O/ 1700 99 98 97 
Fig. 20. Spring herring samples 1912. Composition in point of age. 
