512 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



Table of Lengths of Fins in Inches of Otago Trout, 1883. 







Wght. 











Total 

 Lngth. 







LOCALITY. 



Sex. 



in lbs. 

 & ozs. 



D. 



P. 



V. 



A. 



depth 

 of tail. 



Remarks. 



Kakanui River . . 



F 



8 



3-3 



3-5 



2-6 



2-4 



24-5 



2-2 



Caught by Mr. S. Lowe. 



Shag River 



F 



4-12 



30 



3-0 



2-6 





23-0 



2'0 



,, at Rich's. 



>> • • 



M 



4-8 



2-8 



3-0 



2-2 



1*8 



207 



1-8 



,, at Muir's. 



n • • 



F 



5 



3-0 



3-0 



2-5 



2-0 



22-0 





„ at Rich's. 



n 



F 



2-4 



2-2 



2-6 



2-1 



1-7 



180 



1-5 



„ at Kitchener's. 



>! • • 



F 



2 



2-0 



2-3 



1-8 



1-4 



16-5 



1-5 





Waikouaiti River 



F 



14 



3-75 



4-5 



3-4 



2-7 



28-5 



2-5 



„ byMr.H Orbell. 



Water of Leith . . 



F 



17 



3-75 



4-0 



325 



4-0 



33-0 







11 



F 



5 



2-5 



2-8 



2-2 



2-0 



21-25 



1-7 



Harbour, mouth of Leith. 



Lee Stream 



F 



1-9 



2-0 



2-3 



1-9 



2-2 



15-5 





Gorge water. 



»» • • 



F 



3-10 



2-8 



2-8 



23 



2-5 



20-5 



, . 



, 



)i 



M 



2-12 



2-4 



3-0 



2-2 



1-6 



18-5 



1-6 





Tokomairiro River 



F 



7-4 



3-6 



3-5 



2-8 



2-7 



26-5 



2-2 



Caught by Mr. J. Burt. 



Waiwera River . . 



F 



2-13 



2-2 



2-2 



2-2 



2-6 



18-0 



1-6 





Teviot River 



F 



0-14 



1-7 



21 



1-6 



1-3 



14-0 



1-3 





Boat Harbour Creek 



F 



34 



2-5 



2-9 



2-0 



2-0 



20-5 



1-75 



Found dead. 



Poniahaka River 



F 



2-6 



2-3 



2-5 



2-0 



1-6 



18-0 



1-6 





,, . . 



F 



3-2 



2-4 



3-0 



2-3 



20 



19-5 



1-75 





Waipahi River . . 



M 



4-2 



2-8 



30 



2-5 



2-0 



21-25 



1-75 





IS • • 



M 



5-8 



3-0 



3-7 



3-0 



2 2 



24-0 



2-0 







M 



8-10 



3-5 



3-75 



3-0 



2-3 



24-75 



2-2 



Caught by Mr. Bull. 



>) • • 



F 



6-1 



3-25 



3-5 



2-75 



2-25 



24-5 



2-25 





,, 



M 



4-8 



3-0 



3-4 



2-7 



2-0 



21-05 



20 





Kaihiku River . . 



F 



5-5 



3-25 



3-25 



2-7 



2-25 



24-25 



2-0 





Oreti River 



F 



5-0 



2-75 



3-0 



2-2 



2-0 



20'75 



1-9 





Wakatipn Lake . . 



M 



8-4 



3-2 



3-8 



2-7 



2-4 



25-5 



2-3 





i> • • 



M 



9-4 



3-8 



4-0 



30 



2-8 



26-0 



2-6 







M 



12-0 



3-75 



4-0 



3-1 



2-5 



26-5 



2-5 



Sent by Mr. Dalgleish. 



(Canterbury fish) 



F 



2-0 



2-0 



2-1 



1-6 



1-8 



15-5 



1-6 



Mr. S. C. Farr. 



Note.— The proportion or ratio which the length of any fin bears to total length of the fish 

 as expressed by L-=-D, L-hP, etc., has been used by mo for ascertaining the differences in the 

 length of the fins between individual fish and between the sexes, and may be readily deduced 

 from above table. 



Aet. LVI. — Sorghmn Experiment, 1882-83. By Mr. Justice Gillies. 

 [Read before the Auckland Institute, 20th August, 1883.] 

 Having no land of my own fit for growing Sorghum this year, Mr. W. F. 

 Buckland kindly undertook to grow half an acre for me on his property at 

 Keniuera. The land is a strong volcanic loam, had been under crop for several 

 years, and had a good deal of sorrel in it. Mr. Buckland manured the 

 land with one and a half cwt. of bone dust. On the 20th of October, 1882, 

 he planted exactly half an acre with " Early Amber " Sorghum seed sup- 

 plied by me. The seed was planted in rows 3 feet apart, and about three seeds 



* See Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xiv., p. 373, and vol. xv., p. 261. 



