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CONTENTS 



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Table A.— Summary of Fish taken by the 1 Garland ' on the 



East Coast in 1891 . . . . .33 



Table B. — Analysis of the 1 Garland's ' Statistics . . 38 



Table C. — Eecord of Observations made on Board the 'Garland' 



on the East Coast . . . . .41 



Table D. — Buckhaven Haddock and Cod Line Fishing . 131 



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



by Steam Beam-Trawl Boats . . . .132 



Table F. — Showing the Quantities monthly of Large and Small 

 Fish landed in the Leith and Aberdeen Districts by 

 Beam Trawlers and Line Fishermen in 1892 . .143 



Table G. —Showing the Monthly Takes of Line and Net Boats 

 from Inshore Grounds in the Leith, Anstruther, Mon- 

 trose, and Stonehaven Districts .... 147 



Table H. — Showing the Quantities of Fish captured by Line 

 Fishermen in the Territorial Waters, with the average 

 per 'shot' in 1890, 1891, and 1892 . . .165 



Table I. — 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 1892 . 166 



II. The West Coast Expedition of the 'Garland' during July and 



August 1892. Report by W. Anderson Smith . . .16*7 



SECTION B.— BIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS. 



I. An Experimental Investigation on the Migrations and Rate of 

 Growth of the Food-Fishes. By Dr T. Wemyss Fulton, 

 F.R.S.E., Superintendent of Scientific Investigations . . 176 



it Additions to the Fauna of the Firth of Forth.— Part. V. By 



Thomas Scott, F.L.S. (Plates II.-V.) . . . .197 



III. The Invertebrate Fauna of the Inland Waters of Scotland. — Part 



III. By Thomas Scott, F.L.S. (Plates VI.-VII.) . . 220 



IV. Contributions to the Life-Histories and Development of the Food 



and other Fishes. By Professor M'Intosh, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S., 

 F.R.S.E., St Andrews Marine Laboratory. (Plates VIII.- 

 XII.) 239 



V. General Report on the Pelagic Eggs, Larval, and Young Fishes 

 procured by the ' Garland ' in 1892 and 1893. By Arthur T. 

 Masterman, B.A., late Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge . 250 



VI. On the Rate of Growth of certain Marine Food-Fishes. By H. 

 Charles Williamson, M.A., B.Sc, Fisheries' (Woodall) Prize- 

 man, University of St Andrews, .... 265 



VII. On the Development of the Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). By J. 



H. Fullarton, M,A., D.Sc, F.R.S.E. (Plates XIII,-XVI.) . 274 



