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23rd March, 

 1868. 



7th Annual 

 Report of In- 

 spectors of 

 Salmon Fish- 

 eries (Eng- 

 land and 

 Wales). 



" of the London Water Companies ; in addition to the 

 " soluble matters washed down from cultivated fields, 

 " great quantities of putrescent animal matters were 

 '■' jiushed out of the sewers of Oxford, Windsor, 8fc., 

 " itito the river ; ' hence the large proportion of organic 

 " ' carbon and nitrogen, and the great previous sewage- 

 " ' contamination in the waters of those Companies which 

 " ' derive their supply from that river.' In fact, it is 

 " shown that the Thames was contaminated, at the time 

 " the samples for Dr. Frankland's analyses were taken, 

 " ' witli double the usual proportion of Drrjanic matlQr.'' 

 " The waters delivered during the latter part of the month 

 " were ' in such a muddy condition as to render them 

 " ' totally unfit for domestic use.^ " 



London AYater. 

 From the Registrar-General's Return, week ending 

 Feb. 29th, 1868 :— 



" The results of Dr. Frankland's analyses of the waters 

 " derived from the Thames are not satisfactory. The 

 " waters contained impurities probably of an animal 

 " origin to a considerable extent." 



On the 23rd of March last the Inspectors of Salmon 

 Fisheries presented their seventh annual Report. 



Forty-nine rivers are reported on, namely, the Aln, Arun, 

 Avon (Devon), Avon (Hants), Calder, Camel, Cleddy, 

 Clwyd and Elwy, Conway, Coquet, Dart, Dee, Dericent 

 (tributary of Trent), Derwent (Yorkshire), Dovey, 

 Dwyryd, Ellen (Cumberland), Erme (Devon), Exe^ 

 Fowey, Frame (Dorset), Glaslyn, Gwyfrai, Ttchen, Mau-d- 

 dach, Kidd, Okement, Otter, Ouse (Yorkshire), Rihble, 

 Sciont, Severn, Stour (Dorset), Stour (Kent), Swale, 

 Tamar and Plym, Taw and Torridye, Tees, Teivy, Test, 

 Towey, Trent, Tyne, lire, Usk and Ehhw, Wear, Wharfe, 

 Wye and Yealm (Devon). 



From the replies received by the Inspectors to questions 

 Nos. 8 and 12 of a series they had addressed to the 

 different Boards of Conservators, and from their own 

 personal examination, it appears that of these fully 



