25^ 



A lot of money is spent upon the hire of ponies to convey men to the 

 shooting, carry the game, luncheon, etc. These are supplied generally 

 by the gillies, and they get about 3s. a day for each pony. I estimate 

 the sum at £10,000, and include it in the expenses of the guests. 



I now come to treat with the salmon fishing of Scotland. 



From the same source as I took my statistics of shootings I compile 



the following 



Table of Scotch Salmon Flshings. 



* Calculated at same average as the recorded rentals, say £78. 



Retained by the proprietors are 196 fishings. They, we must likewise 

 suppose, are on an average of the same extent as those let to tenants, 

 thus requiring the same annual care and expense. If I charged them 

 with rent it would come to £15,300 a year, and they would not be given 

 for £20,000. 



To "Net Fishings "Mr. Watson Lyall gives a rental of some £45,780, 

 but as catching salmon in a net cannot be included in the category 

 of Sport, I eliminate altogether that item. 



No doubt some tenants of the grouse moors and deer forests rent, in 

 addition, some of the salmon fisheries. If the shooting and fishing be 

 handy, the latter may be worked upon somewhat cheaper ratio than if 

 it were taken alone. I don't think, however,' anything appreciable is 

 saved thereby. 



The open time for rods on Scotch fishings varies between January 10 

 and November 1, but for many reasons, well known and not neces- 

 sary to mention, some waters are not fished continuously. We may, 

 however, with safety put down six months as the average duration 

 of the season, and that one gillie employed on each water for that 

 time at 15s. a week. That figures up to, say, £13,500. Each of these 

 men will get in tips from guests at least 5s. a week, or £4,500, but, 

 like the ponies, that item is included in the expenses. 



For salmon fishing alone guests are not invited in numbers at all like 

 those for the shooting ; still, a good many come, and they stay longer. 

 Let me put down the very moderate 1 as the number invited at a 

 time to each of the 690 fishings, and that each remains for a month ; 



