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Barrnouth. Brisk sport is to be had on the tributary, 

 which is well preserved. In the summer of 1908 the 

 Dwyryd was seriously polluted by the discharge into 

 it of effluent from a disused gasometer tank. This 

 did great damage. Hundreds of dead fish were 

 counted. The Board took proceedings against the 

 Gas Company, and gained a conviction. Since then 

 the river has been restocked, and it is doing well. 

 Fishing Associations have been formed in connection 

 with each river in the district. 1 ' 



The SEIONT, the GWYRFAI, and the LLYFNI have 

 suffered from drought. Mr. R. Pughe Griffiths, 

 Carnarvon, writes : 



" When the rivers once fall it requires a great deal 

 of rain to fill them. The declivity is in each case 

 great in proportion to the length. I^ast year the 

 floods did not come until the season had closed, and 

 very few fish were reported to me as having been 

 taken by rod. Our keepers state that a splendid lot 

 of fish have been spawning. I do not see that there 

 is any falling-off in the stock of fish, and, if one may 

 judge by the continual increase of licenses, the 

 popularity of the rivers is not on the wane. Still, 

 we have difficulties. As a Board we are unable to 

 fix any limit as to the size of fish to be taken ; and 

 until now we have been unable to keep off the pro- 

 fessional fishermen, many of whom are neither more 

 nor less than poachers. I am acting as temporary 

 clerk of a committee who are trying to form an 

 Association for the whole of Carnarvonshire. The 

 Association will, I trust, be empowered to issue a 



