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possessed of great vitality, and I think it possible that 

 the transportation and handling and the marking 

 operation may have killed these plaice. 



Station XII I. — ff Kemmaes Head. 



Thirty plaice were liberated on this station, which is 

 at the Southern extremity of the Lancashire and Western 

 Sea Fishery District. Only five have been returned, and 

 these were caught immediately to the South-West of the 

 station. 



Station XI Y. — N ear Liverpool Bar 

 Lightship. 



Hearing that plaice were plentiful on this area in 

 July last we caught and marked 35 fishes. Up to the 

 present all the fishes returned from this lot have been 

 found in the immediate neighbourhood of the station, no 

 migrations of any extent having taken place. The results 

 are represented on Chart II. by the blue circles. 



Station X Y. — N ear Morecambe Bay 

 Lightship. 



Nineteen plaice were liberated here, but only one has 

 been returned, and this was caught near the station but 

 about five miles S.W. by S. 



Station XY I. — -N ear Bahama Lightship. 



Twenty-one plaice, three dabs, and one brill were 

 liberated here on July 7th. Only one plaice has been 

 returned, but one of the three dabs set free was sent back 

 on 8th November last. This is the only dab out of four 

 marked which has been returned to me. 



