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development are the fish which ascended the river in the earlier 

 months, and which would spawn at a somewhat earlier date than those 

 supplied in the same months from the lower waters ; and an analysis 

 of the average weights of the muscle and of the ovaries strongly 

 supports such a conclusion (Special Report, pp. 68 and 77). 



I have the honour to be, 



Your obedient Servant, 



WALTER E. ARCHER. 



The Fishery Board for Scotland, 

 Voth April 1898. 



