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Part III. — Twenty -fifth Annual Report 



(a) Percentages. 

 Water. Total Proteid. 



57-29 23-81 



(b) Per average fish. 



Total Proteid. 

 23-81 



Coag. Proteid. 

 17-31 



Fat. 

 1513 



Coag. Proteid. Fat. 

 17-31 1513 



No. TV.— " Matties," August 9, 1906. 



Length. 



Girth. 



Weight. 



Weight of 

 Ovaries. 



Diameter of 

 Ova. 



23-5 



11 



99 



8-4 



•5--7 



23-5 



11-5 



112 



3-6 



•4--5 



23-5 



10-5 



102 



6-8 



•5 



24 



12 



114 



1-8 



•4 



24 



12 



124 



0-G 



•08-1 



24-5 



11 



111 



1-0 



•08-1 



23 



10-5 



100 



3-0 



•4 



Avg. 23-7 



11-2 



108 



3-6 





(a) Percentages. 



Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 



55*72 21-16 16-92 15-50 



(&) Per average fish. 



Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 



15-23 1218 11-16 



Lerwick, September 1, 1906. 



Two boxes of herrings were sent from Lerwick, one set being mature 

 and the other spent. 



As a very large number were measured and weighed, it will be sufficient 

 in each case simply to give the average measurements and weights. 



L — Large Mature Herring. 



Weight of Diameter 



Length. Girth. Weight, Ovaries. of Ova. 



Avg. 29'5 15 240 50 12 



The herring were just about to spawn. 



(a) Percentages. 



Water. Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 



60-23 20-72 16-92 12-44 



(b) Per average fish. 



Total Proteid. Coag. Proteid. Fat. 



33-15 27-07 19-90 



