4 ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT FISHERIES 



considerable numbers during the spawning season, 

 and that the revenue of the Conservancy Board 

 is about two-thirds of what it might otherwise be. 



The chairman of the Lake District Board is 

 John Fell, Esquire, J.P., D.L., a gentleman who 

 has taken untiring interest in the work of the 

 Board since its foundation. 



It is proposed in the following pages to treat of 

 the five rivers contained in the Lake District 

 proper ; to make reference to adjacent salmon and 

 trout rivers the Eden, Lune and Derwent, and 

 to deal with 



Windermere, Coniston, 



Derwentwater, Ullswater, 



as well as the following; smaller lakes 



1 The value of the fishing in the several lakes is as 

 follows : 



PER ANNUM. 



Buttermere . . . . 4 os. 



Cromack 7 



Loweswater 015 



Derwentwater I I 



Bassenthwaite I o 



Ullswater 13 o 



Thirlmere o o (or little) 



Grasmere I o 



Rydal o o (or little) 



Windermere 12 o 



Coniston 70 



Though the rents of these lakes are small, yet they are 



