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BULLETIN OP THE BUREAU OP FISHERIES 
eastern part of the basin of the gulf, with the maximum near Lurcher Shoal in 1912 
and 1915, over the northeastern deep as a whole and over German Bank in 1913, off 
Machias, Me., and on German Bank in 1914. Furthermore, the maximum reading 
for the month has varied little from year to year — 32.84 per mille in 1912 (station 
10031), 32.75 to 32.79 per mille in 1913 (stations 10094 to 10097), and 33.06 per mille 
in 1914. 
A certain consistency also appears from year to year in the outlines of the area 
occupied by water salter than 32.5 or 32.7 per mille. In 1913 and 1914 this took 
