1
1
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1
AND DECENNIAL SUMMARY. ,
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numbers. Nothing, hoWever, must be taken on trust in so
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1mportant an inquiry and accordingly a Table has been
—
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Lendon—Dab, during the months of the Decade.
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—
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1st period
2nd period
Average
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"
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No. of SaleUnsale—
SaleUnsale- No. of
.
lst
2nd
,
Hauls
able
able
able
able
Hauls
period
period_
Jan.
9
10
7
110
13
“27
1
-4 ‘
'
'
Feb.
18
20
——
150
9
44 '
1
3
Mar.
18
63
_
147
23
32
3
r
5
Apr.
18
156
_
.
339
36
8
11
May
18
246
_
505
105
44
.
13
13
_
June
35
713
151
471
98
24
15
July
16
211
7
668
157
34
13
24
_
Aug.
35
801
261
794
'
105
38
30
23."
Sept.
24
682
104.
624
164
35
32
22
,
Oct.
31
298
13
377
28
35
10
'
11
3141:
Nov.
29
176
63
‘
138
51429
8
5
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Dec.
18
53
.
'
3
131
16
41
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139
constructed showing the captures of. the species throughout
each month of the ten years.
From this it will be seen that
the averages for the rst period of ve years exoeed by
those—;
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of the second period, a result in keeping with the principles__
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already so often adverted to, though not so strikingly shown as
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“in certain cases.
This
_
result is due not to any noteworth_ÿ -
.' diminution of the species, but to causes connected with the
_periods of capture and the usual Variations
met with in all
_
methods of shing in the sea. It wouldhave
unusual to _.
,
nd that with so favoublearstPeod0fve 16313
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captures of lemon—dabs
1“
monthly totals for the dec&demTabïewPl74 Thestd1@
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formed by? hè captulesreæheltsmaXlmum<““haShght_
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break in J ù1Ë‘ÿ)lä
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effect oft11eseasonmlegædt01snumbelsandthlsaltogethel—
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