SEA-FISHERIES LABORATORY. 2A 
in coarse net on June 30th) throughout June. In July the 
amount drops rapidly to less than 1 ¢.c. (0°4 ¢.c. on July 
27) and remains low (0°1 to 2°5 c.c.) through August. The 
amount in September begins low, but rises suddenly on 
the 16th to 19 c¢.c. (in the coarse net—the increase being 
due mainly to Copepoda), while on the 17th it was 10 c.c., 
and on the same days the catch in the fine nets was only 
0°6 and 0°5 c.c. During the remainder of the month the 
catch in the coarse net averaged about 6 c.c., and in the 
fine net 1°5 c.c. During October the range was much the 
same, the coarse net having 97 on the 8th, 14°5 on the 
2th, and 105 c.c. on the 14th and, apart from these 
exceptional hauls, averaging 4°95 c.c.; while the fine net 
ranged from 3 down to 0°35, and averages 1e.c. On the 
whole the amounts are much lower in the second half of 
the month, and in November they become lower still, the 
coarse net descending from 4c.c. on November 2nd _ to 
18 c.c. on the 30th, and the fine from 0°S on the 2nd to 
01 on the 30th. Finally in December the numbers were: 
Searsemes . 1:38 23 1:9 3:2 
Fine net...... Oe Cli 0:2 038 
These results are seen most clearly in the form of curves, 
average = 23 
average = 0°35 
so we give here (fig. 1) the unsmoothed zig-zag obtained 
by uniting the values in cubic centimetres of the 
maximum weekly hauls, and also the smoothed curve that 
passes through the monthly averages. Afier noticing the 
enormous Maximum in spring and early summer (April 
to June) and the lesser one in late autumn (September 
and October), the outstanding feature of these results is 
the lateness of the so-called “spring” maximum this 
year. In 1907 (see last year’s Report, pp. 105 and 173) 
the maximum was reached early in April, while this year 
it is late in May. The moderate elevation of June last 
year is again present this year, but is practically merged 
