Table V. — Showing the ratio of Immature Fishes to 

 Shrimps in the average monthly catches (Tables III. 

 and IV- ) taken on the Mersey Shrimping Grounds: — 







Area A 







Area E 





Months. 

 1893-1899. 



Soles. 

 per Qt. 



Plaice. 

 per Qt. 



Whiting. 

 per Qt. 



Soles. 

 per Qt. 



Plaice. 

 per Qt. 



Whiting. 

 per Qt. 





Shrimps 



Shrimps 



Shrimps. 



Shrimps 



Shrimps. 



Shrimps. 



January 



1-1 



35-1 



11-8 



1-7 



134-9 



5 



February 



3-1 



45-3 



27-5 







1432 



48-3 



March 



. 5-1 



40-8 



22-4 



30-2 



367 



12-7 



April 



. 3-0 



47-9 



31-4 



2-5 



20-9 



17-1 



May 



1-7 



25-5 



10-3 



5-4 



20-7 



13 



June 



. 2-7 



29 



8-2 



4-7 



22-6 



0-8 



July 



. 6-2 



32-2 



71-9 



19-3 



61-9 



8-3 



August 



. 6-9 



23-5 



82-7 



0-6 



3-1 



43-7 



September .. 



. 4-6 



65-4 



59-5 



1-8 



5 



5 



October 



. 2-4 



13-8 



34-1 



0-3 



8-3 



4-6 



November . . 



. 0-2 



40-4 



37-6 



8-3 



31-4 



9 



December 



. 



14 



5 



10-0 



81-9 



5 



Table VI. — Shewing the Average Hauls made with a 

 Shrimp Trawl during the 3rd quarters of the years 1893 — 

 1899 on the Burho Bank Shrimping Ground (Area A) : — 



Date. 



O m 



Shrimps. 



Total 

 Quarts. 



CO 

 CO ~£ 



& > 



01 < 



q3 • 

 .8*3 

 St 



P4H 



a3 



o g 



a* 



CO ^3 



CD _g 



o o 

 tCEH 



CO" g 



£ o 

 o > 



c3 O 



6 



co g 



•ob 



5P CD 



.3 '°° 



"3 CD 



£ > 



>< 



1893— 3rd quarter... 



8 



139 



17 



16358 



2045 



282 



35 



4391 



549 



6330 



791 



1894 — 3rd quarter. . . 



13 



220 



17 



6073 



467 



203 



16 



13067 



1005 



13667 



1051 



1895 — 3rd quarter . . . 



9 



165 



18 



6401 



711 



197 



22 



7443 



827 



15996 



1777 



1896— 3rd quarter... 



4 



17-25 



4-3 



2545 



636 



107 



27 



2300 



575 



5265 



1316 



1897— 3rd quarter... 



3 1 8 



2-6 



1963 



654 



259 



86 



945 



315 



1336 



445 



1898- 3rd quarter... 



14 114-5 



8 



2657 



190 



2380 



170 



11680 



834 



12996 



928 



1899— 3rd quarter... 



18 1 338 



i 



19 



3171 



176 2613 



145 



9325 



518 



18333 



1018 



