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to 129-1, and that of the latter from 146-2 to 157-6. From the very- 

 large area closed to beam-trawling — comprising over 2,000 square miles 

 of the sea bottom — and the presence within it of extensive spawning- 

 grounds, it would be of the greatest value if a systematic examination of 

 the fishing-grounds could be made at brief intervals, a duty for which 

 the ' Garland ' is, however, but ill-fitted. Special statistics are being 

 collected along the coasts of the Firth, in order to determine from 

 year to year the quantities of round-fishes and flat-fishes captured 

 within it by line-fishermen. 



T. WEMYSS FULTON, 

 Superintendent of Scientific Investigations. 



