of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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37 to 53 fathoms, took 91, measuring from 2| to 3j inches (57mm. to 

 82mm.), most measuring from 2| to 2| inches (63mm. to 70mm). The 

 measurements were carefully made to fractions of an inch, as follows: — 



g§ a 2 i 3 h a 



6 35 35 12 3 



One at 2 J inches (70mm.) was caught in the same neighbourhood on 

 the same day, and another of 70mm. at the mouth of the Clyde on 23rd 

 November, while in December, on the 17th and 18th, 20 were taken in 

 Lochfyne, measuring from 5*5cm. to 9cm., as follows : — 



5-5 6 6-5 7 7'5 8 8 5 9 

 2 4 4 5 3 1 -1 



Some of the herrings taken in the Firth of Forth in previous years 

 by the Garland, which are included in the Table at the end of the paper 

 (III.), and shown on Plate XIX. by dotted lines, belong to the same 

 series. They were measured by Dr. T. Scott in fractions of an inch, 

 and grouped together, and thus in some cases it is not easy to separate 

 them into groups. In some instances, however, the distinction is easy. 

 They were all taken in a fine-meshed shrimp trawl net. 



The number of hauls made was 135, apportioned to the various 

 months as follows — the depths are in fathoms : — 





1889. 



1890. 



1891. 



1892. 



No. 



Depths. 



No 





Depths. 



No. 



Depths. 



No. 



Depths. 



February, - 







6 





6-27 







2 



3-5 



March, 







10 





3-28 











April, - - 







10 





4 24 







5 



6-14 



May, - - 



26 



3j-31 



9 





5-24 











June, - - 



14 



4-24 

















August, - 













3 



5-12 







September, 



33 



4-29 

















October, - 



11 



5-28 

















December, 

















6 



8-27 



The particulars in regard to the herrings taken are given in the 

 following Table, the ordinary figures referring to the length in inches, 

 and those in brackets to the corresponding length in millimetres: — 



(Table. 



