of the Fishery Board, for Scotland. 



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TABLE VI.— EGGS OF SPRAT. 

 Firth of Forth. 



Mar. 



23, 



1891. 



April 6, 



1892. 





0, 







8, 



> , 





9, 







10, 



1891. 





11, 



1892. 





14, 



1893. 





17, 



, » 





17, 



1895. 





18, 



., 





19, 



1893. 





19, 



, , 





19, 



1895. 





21, 



1 892. 





22, 



1895. 





22, 



, 





23, 







23, 



, , 





24, 



1890. 





25, 



», 





25, 



1893. 



May 



7, 



1892. 





11, 







12, 



1891. 





17, 



1892. 





19, 



1891. 





21, 



22 



1895. 





22,' 



, > 

 ii 





22, 



,i 





23, 



1891. 





24, 



1893. 





24, 



,, 





25, 



1891. 





25, 



>> 





26, 



, , 





27, 







27, 



1892. 





27, 







27, 







28, 



1895. 





28, 



,, 





28, 



,, 



n 



29, 



,, 





30, 



18J2. 





31, 







31, 



' ' 





31, 



1895. 



June 



1, 



1893. 





2, 



i, 





4, 



i, 





4, 







4, 







4, 



1 1 





4, 







4, 







9, 



1891. 





9, 



,i 





9, 



ii 





11, 







11. 



, * 





12, 







19, 



1893. 





21, 



,, 





22, 



i, 



Station VI., . . 

 Cross-section II., . 

 Cross-section II., 6 to 10 fath 



,, surface, 

 Inchkeith, . 

 E. of Portobello, . 

 Cross-section III., 

 Station IX 



„ VII., . . 



„ III., . . . 



„ ir., . . . 

 „ n., . • • 

 „ in,. 



„ VII: , 



„ II 



., VII., 



„ IX., . . . 



„ V., . . . 



„ vl, . . . 



ix 



,, v., . 



Cross-section. I., . 



9 miles E. of May Island, 



Station I., 



6 to 12 miles S. E. May Island 

 Station I., 



„ III.,. . . 



,, IV., . 



,, L, . • • 



,, 111.,. 



„ III.,. . . 



„ L, . . . 



„ VII., . . 



„ III.,. 



,, VI., . . . 



,, II., . 



„ v., . . . 

 ,, VII., 



Cross-section II., . 



II. (South), 



II. (North), 



Station VII., 



„ VHP, . . 

 „ IX., . . . 

 „ VI., . . . 

 Cross -section I., 



III. (North), 

 III. (South), 



Station II., . 

 Cross-section III. (N.), 

 Station IX., . 

 E. of Inchkeith, . 



May Island, 



(8 fathoms) 

 (10 fathoms) 

 . (bottom) 



N. of May Island, 

 Station I., 



Vicinity of Station I., . 

 Station II., . 



„ VI., . . . 

 Cross-section III. (North), 

 Cross-section III. (South), 



Swarms of. 

 Eggs of. 



Considerable numbers of. 

 A few. 

 A few. 

 A few. 

 A few. 



4 (advanced). 



5 (fairly advanced). 

 14. 



860. 



Abundance (early). 



„ (very early). 



82. 



A few. 



1383. 



183. 



763. 



334. 



16 (early to later). 

 2. 



35 (advanced). 

 E^s of. 



209 (various stages). 



Eggs of. 



7. 



1134. 

 3800. 

 2667. 

 Eggs of. 



39 (early to later). 



150 (poor-cod, whiting, and sprat). 



A few. 



Eggs of. 



697. 

 Abundance. 

 171. 

 1400. 

 95. 

 1250. 



11 (advanced to hatching). 



75. 



48. 



3220. 



100 (whiting, poor-cod, and sprat). 



16 (whiting and sprat). 



10. 



185 (poor-cod, sprat, and whiting). 



132. 



38. 



o 



ii. 



181. 



Considerable number. 



2900'.' 

 1100. 

 3778. 



9 (sprat and whiting, vaiiousstagcs). 

 200. 



100 (early to advanced). 



