486 Transactions.— Miscellaneous. 
There are large shoals of the pilchard at the head of the Sound. They 
are from 6 to 10 inches long. They finished spawning on the 2nd or 8rd 
of this month (December). Tons of them are on the beach in Freshwater 
Basin. : 
We have had very fine weather here during October and November, only 
three wet days, and only 5 inches of rain fell in the three days. 
I intend to try House-roof again if I can see my way clear, if not, I 
may go into Little Bay for three months next winter. 
On the 4th and 5th of December the tides in Milford Sound were 1 foot 
6 inches higher than the ordinary spring tides, and on the 6th was the 
highest, being 21 inches higher than usual, the weather being fine. These 
are the highest tides that I have seen since I have been here. 
