CONTENTS. 



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Table E. — Showing Fish Landed by Net and Line Boats and 



by Steam Beam Trawl Boats . . . .104 



Table F. — Showing the Monthly Takes of Line and Net 

 Boats from Inshore Grounds in the Leith, Anstruther, 

 Montrose, Stonehaven, and Aberdeen Districts . 118 



Table G.— Showing the Monthly Takes of Cod, Haddock, and 



Whiting by Forty-one East Coast Fishing Boats in 1888 155 

 Table H. — Showing the '^Monthly Amounts in cwts. of Round 

 and Flat Fish Landed by Line Fishermen and Beam 

 Trawlers on the East Coast of Scotland during 1888 . 157 

 IT. Reports from Her Majesty's Diplomatic and Consular Officers abroad 

 on the best means of increasing the demand in Foreign Countries 

 for Scotch Cured Herrings and other Fish. By T. Wemyss 

 Fulton, M.B 158 



III. Abstract of Reports by Mr Thomas Scott on his Special Investiga- 



tions on board Steam Trawlers. By T. Wemyss Fulton, M.B. . 171 



IV. Solway Shrimp and Flounder Fishings. By J. H. Fullarton, 



M.A., B.Sc. 175 



V. Abstract of a Report by Dr Alfred Daniell on the Fishery Statistics 



of Scotland. By T. Wemyss Fulton, M.B. . . . 178 



SECTION B.— BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS. 



I. Inquiries into the Nature of the Food, the Spawning, Habits, &c. 



of Marine Food Fishes. By T. Wemyss Fulton, M.B. . 182 



II. Report on the Spawning of the British Marine Food Fishes. By 



J. C. Ewart, M.D., and T. Wemyss Fulton, M.B. . . 186 



III. On the Food of Fishes. By W. Ramsay Smith, B.Sc. . . 222 



IV. On the Pelagic Fauna of the Bay of St Andrews during the 



Months of 1888. By W. C. M'lntosh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 Professor in the University of St Andrews. (Plates 1 1 1. -VI.) . 259 

 V. Some Additions to the Fauna of the Firth of Forth, with Notes 



of some Rare East Coast Forms. By Thomas Scott . . 311 



VI. Mussel Farming at Montrose. By J. H. Fullarton, M.A., B.Sc, 



and Thomas Scott. (Plate ^11.) . . . .327 



VII. On the Habits of Pecten, and on the Clam Beds of the Firth of 



Forth. By J. H. Fullarton, M.A., B.Sc. (Plate VIII.) . 341 

 VIII. Report on Bait Experiments. By J. H. Fullarton, M.A., B.Sc. . 352 

 IX. Notes from Personal Observation on the Habits of the Greenland 



Whalebone Whale. By D. G., Peterhead . . .365 



X. On the Saprolegnia of Salmon Disease and Allied Forms. By 



Alexander Edington, M.B., CM. (Plate IX.) . . .368 

 XI. Note on the Intercrossing of Members of the Genus Salmo. By 



J. R. G. M. 382 



XII. Notes on Contemporary Work relating to Fisheries in this and 

 other Countries. By T. Wemyss Fulton, M.B., and J. H. 

 Fullarton, M.A., B Sc. . . . . . .384 



Great Britain . . . . . .386 



United States . ' . . . . .388 



France . . . v . . .389 



Spain ....... 396 



Holland 399 



Italy ....... 401 



