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APPENDIX. 



On the 25th of February the average diameter of the spat on 



the tiles was about 8 m.m. 

 On the 25th of April the average diameter of the spat on the 



tiles was about 14 m.m. 

 During that morning the young oysters were removed from the 



tiles and placed in the case in the Bar Pool. 

 On the 9th of June two young oysters were removed from the 



case at random and measured 35 and 40 m.m. respectively 



in diameter. 

 On the 1 Ith of July two more specimens were removed from the 



case under similar conditions and were found to measure 36 



and 50 m.m. in diameter. 

 On the 20th of August two additional specimens were removed 



and measured 47 and 52 m.m. in diameter. 

 On the 25th of October the last two type specimens removed were 



found to measure 65 and 80 m.m. in diameter. 



