104 Part III. — Twenty-fourth Annual Report 



The following table gives the measurements and weights : — 



Length. 



Girth. 



Weight. 



Cm. 



Cm. 



Gm. 



19 



8-5 



50 



•JO 



9 



63 



19 



9 



58 



19 



8-5 



42 



22 



10-5 



75 



19 



9 



51 



20 



9 5 



63 



19 



8 



45 



21 



95 



63 



20 



9 



57 



19 



8-5 



57 



20 



9 



55 



20 



8-5 



46 



19 



8 



45 



19 



8-5 



50 



18 



8 



38 



Avg. 19'5cm. 



8-8cm. 



53gm. 



Analyses of the muscles of these herrings: — 



(a) Amounts stated in percentages of fresh material. 



Water. Proteicl. Fat. 



68-14 24-66 3-37 



(b) Grammes in the total muscles of the average fish of this series. 



Proteid. Fat. 

 8-72 119 



May 17, 1906 (Loch Fyne). 



These herrings were much larger than those obtained on the previous 

 day. Female fish were selected, and all were found to be in the spent 

 condition, although large numbers of small ova (*08--3mm.) were present 

 in the collapsed ovaries. The weight of the ovaries from nine fish was 

 7 "53 grammes. 



Measurements, <fec, were as follows : — 



Length. 



Girth. 



Weight. 



Cm. 



Cm. 



Gm. 



23 



11-5 



101 



25 



12 



142 



25 



11-5 



117 



25 



11 



116 



25-5 



12 



127 



23 



11-5 



97 



24-5 



12 



117 



25-5 



11-5 



133 



24-5 



10 



103 



Avg. 24*5cm. 



1 1 *4cm. 



117gm. 



