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THE RECORD OF THE EOYAL SOCIETY. 



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PEAEL OYSTER FISHERIES OF THE GULF OF MANAAR. 

 By W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S. 



With Supplementary Reports upon the Marine Biology of Ceylon 

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