SOCIETIES OF LONDON AND THE PROVINCES. 45 



Stirling Forth and Teith Angling Association — Alexander Moffat, 

 Clydesdale Bank, Stirling, secretary. 



Stirling Fishing Club— Sir J. R. Gibson-Maitland, Bart., of Craig- 

 tx^di, president J Robert M'Luckie, Stirling, secretary. 



The following short descriptions of some of the most 

 prominent Angling and Preservation Societies of the 

 Provinces are compiled mainly from the information 

 kindly supplied by the secretaries of each Association. 

 They are placed as nearly as may be in alphabetical 

 order, the particulars being summarised as much as pos- 

 sible, so as to come within the scope of this little book. 



Aire Fishing Club. 



This club, which has been in existence some ^forty-five 

 years, was founded and fostered by J. R. Tennant, Esq., 

 of Kildwick Hall, Skipton. It consists of twenty 

 members, paying an entrance fee of ten guineas, and an 

 annual subscription of the like amount, who preserve the 

 river from Cargrave to Eastburn Brook. It has also a 

 number of subscribers, limited to thirty, paying an annual 

 subscription of thirty shillings, who are allowed to fish the 

 river from Carleton Stone Bridge to Eastburn Brook. The 

 Hon, Secretary is T. H. Dewhurst, Esq., of Whinfield, 

 Skipton, while the President is J, R. Tennant, Esq. 



Abergavenny Fishing Association. 



This Association was founded in i860, and has been 

 carried on from that time with fairly good success. The 

 number of salmon and trout season tickets is limited to 20, 

 the holders of such tickets in the previous years having 



