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Ballisodare. During the eleventh year from the time 

 these fishways were built, the number of salmon taken in 

 these waters was over ten thousand. 



Stormontfield. Mr. Ashworth also submitted tables 

 giving the yearly rental of the fisheries on the Tay river, 

 Scotland, from the year 1828 to 1864. " In 1828 the an- 

 nual rental was 14,574 10s. In this year an act was passed 

 which made net-fishing legal up to the 14th of September^ 

 instead of the 26th of August. The annual rental gradu- 

 ally dropped off from year to year, till 1852, when it was 

 only 7973 5s. The public mind then became awakened, 

 and the law was repealed, and all fishing ceased on the 

 26th of August as before. There was great opposition to 

 the repeal of this law. The fishermen insisted that it was 

 an unjust abridgment of their rights. They could not 

 perceive the necessity of protecting the breeding salmon 

 that would be likely to pass up during this interval of 

 nineteen days. They insisted that the more they were 

 permitted to fish the more fish they would catch. In ad- 

 dition to this wholesome law, an establishment was com- 

 menced at Stormontfield, for breeding salmon artificially. 

 The annual rental steadily increased under this new system 

 as follows : 



In 1853 it was 8,715 17s. 



" 1854 " " 9,269 6s. 



" 1855 " 9,977 13s. 



" 1858 " " 11,487 2s. 



" 1859 " " 12,884 14s. 



1860 13,827 10s. 



