148 Part III. — Twenty-second Annual Report 



Cm 



Cod. 



Whiting. 



Witch. 



Long Koug] 

 Dab. 



1 Herring. 



Sprat. 



I. 



II. 



I. 



II. 



I. 



II. 



I. 



II. 



I. 



II. 



I. 



II. 



8 



— 



— 



— 



— 



1-55 



! 1-46 



2-6^ 



[ 2-6* 



S — 



— 



— 



— 



9 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



4-0 



3-9 



— 



— 



4-0 



4-6 



10 























5-36 



6-71 



11 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



7-76 



7'8£ 





— 



7-04 



9-48 



12 



— 



— 



12 



12-4 



— 



— 



10-4 



10-5 



— 



— 



9-36 



12-46 



13 



— 



— 



— 



— 



7-6 



9-9 



12-2 



13-3 



— 



— 



— 



— 



14 



— 



— 



— 



— 



9-1 



11-7 



15-4 



16-5 



— 



— 



— 



— 



15 



— 



— 



27-2 



23-8 



10-5 



14 



18-5 



21-6 



— 



— 



— 



— 



16 



— 



— 



— 



— 



117 



16-9 



21-4 



27-2 



23-8 



29-1 



— 



— 



17 



40 



45-4 



34-4 



35-2 



12-8 



20 



28-4 



32-4 



29 



34-1 



— 



— 



18 



46 2 



54 



40-8 



41-3 



— 



— 



31-2 



40-4 



34-2 



40-3 



— 



— 



20 



63-4 



71-1 



56-8 



54-2 



— 



\ — 



45-6 



58-5 



47-2 



55-1 



— 



— 



24 



120 



123-1 



99-2 



102-4 



— 



— 



84 



122 



84-8 



106-1 



— 



— 



25 



138-4 



146-5 



112-8 



118 



67-2 



86-1 



— 



— 



96-8 



119-8 



— 



— 



28 



196-8 



210-7 



154*4 



178-1 



— 





— 



— 



141-6 



174 



— 



— 



30 



245-6 



2718 



190-4 



210-6 



112-6 



170-4 



— 



— 



187-2 



219-5 



— 



— 



35 



394-4 



420 



305-6 



332 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



— 



40 



568-8 



614-3 



433-6 



513 



283 



458 















45 



828 



907 





















— 



48 



985 



1,013 



819 



984 



589 



791 















50 



1,172 



1,139 























55 



1,588 



1,608 























60 



2,174 



2,057 























/O 



3,360 

























75 



3,948 



4,000 























94 



7,888 



9,144 























100 



9,112 



10,194 























108 



11,728 



L2,239 























Among the exceptions to the statement that the rule does not apply 

 the most common are to be found among the small and young forms and 

 in the whiting. In many cases the weight of the smallest individuals 

 whose weight may be calculated by the method described is under the 

 ratio prescribed by the law, or in conformity w r ith it, and thus differs from 

 what obtains among the larger individuals. It seems not improbable 

 that the explanation of this circumstance is that, in their early stages, 

 the fishes grow in length in a greater ratio than they grow in other 

 dimensions. This is specially observable among the whitings, witches, 

 and long rough dabs, although in the case of the two latter, at all events, 



