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From the adjoining Table I., which shows the daily progress of the 

 hatching work, it will be seen that the first collection of fecundated eggs 

 was made on March 10th, or thirteen days after the first lot of fish were 

 landed. The total number of eggs collected in the course of the season 

 was 18,700,000, and of these 2,230,000, or not quite 12 per cent., were 

 lost during the process of incubation. The remaining 16,470,000 were 

 successfully hatched, and the larvae transported to the upper part of Loch 

 Fyne, where they were distributed at various places to the north-east of 

 a line between Inveraray and the Poll Point. After heavy rains the 

 salinity of the surface water in the upper part of the loch is often much 

 reduced, and in such cases the fry were lowered down into water of a 

 density of 1022-5 or more. The particulars in each case are shown in 

 the subjoined Table II. : — 



[Table. 



