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on by Mr. Scott. The general plankton from these 

 samples is also available. 



Thus the collection dealt with in this report 

 comprises abont 200 samples, of which 36 are from quan- 

 titative Nansen net observations. Thirty-two of these 

 latter represent observations at Stations 5, 6, and 7 ; 

 owing to stress of weather there are no observations at 

 these Stations in February, and none at Station 5 in 

 March. The other four samples are from Station 14, 

 for which February, 1914, has been included to complete 

 the series. The results of these quantitative observations 

 are given in Tables I and II. 



The other 160 hauls cover practically the whole of 

 the eastern half of the Irish Sea, from the south of 

 Cardigan Bay to Luce Bay. The great majority of these 

 are ordinary surface tow-nettings, but there are also two 

 shear-net gatherings, and a few taken with a vertical net 

 on the fish-egg cruises. 



There is only one area which is represented through- 

 out the year in this series, the area around Hed Wharf 

 Bay, from Great Orme's Head to Point Lynus. This 

 series, consisting of 37 gatherings, is shown in Table III. 

 Carnarvon Bay is represented by 16 samples, covering- 

 seven months, January, April- August, and October; 

 these are shown in Table IV. The samples from Cardigan 

 Bay amount to 12, covering the months of January and 

 May-September. The area around Nelson Buoy, including 

 the southern part of Blackpool Ground, is represented 

 by 23 samples, covering the six months, May-October. 

 These are shown in Table V. The other localities from 

 which we have gatherings include Bahama Bank, More- 

 cambe Bay Lightship, Selker Lightship, " The Hole " 

 (25 miles W.N.W. from Piel Gas Buoy), and a few others, 

 but for none of these have we more than a few gatherings, 



