Mr R. Douglas on Acts relating to the Tweed, <fec. 69 



(except trout by the rod,) at any time of the year, and that 

 all such fish should be returned to the water." 



In 1812 the rental of the fisheries in the Tweed amounted 

 to £20,000, but it gradually diminished down to £4,000. It 

 is now, however, again increasing, chiefly from the large rents 

 paid for the right of rod-fishing in the upper waters. The 

 proprietors are charged, upon their rental, with a tax of 

 £20 per cent., principally expended in the protection of the 

 fish during the annual close time ; and in addition they have 

 voluntarily paid, for some years past, £10 per cent, for the 

 better carrying out the same object. 



Owing to these measures, it is now confidently anticipated 

 that the number of the fish will be much increased, and the 

 Tweed regain its former prosperity. 



The following Table, kindly furnished by Mr Paulin, 

 the manager of the Berwick Shipping Company, shewing the 

 number of Fish caught in the Tweed, is from the earliest 

 date at which a regular account has been kept ; and it is the 

 more interesting, when it is considered that a radical altera- 

 tion in the law regulating the times and modes of fishing has 

 so recently taken place, and it will hereafter enable us to 

 judge whether any improvement in the production and take 

 of the fish has thereby been effected, and if so, to what ex- 

 tent. In doing so, however, it must be kept in mind that 

 four weeks of the best of the net-fishing season, particularly 

 for salmon, was taken away by the Acts of 1857 and 1859, 

 and added to the annual close time. 



Estimated Annual Produce of the Salmon Fisheries in the 

 River Tweed. 



YEAR. 



SALMON. 



GRILSE. 



TROUT. 



YEAR. 



1 



SALMON. 



GRILSE. 



TROUT. 



1808 



37,333 



25,324 



21,033 



1817 



36,199 



66,694 



37,131 



1809 



30,949 



32,679 



21,402 



1818 



39,267 



59,848 



37,346 



J810 



40,782 



49 332 



23,963 



1819 



31,895 



71,813 



47,386 



1811 



38,566 



24,852 



12,439 



1820 



28,288 



116,495 



61,454 



1812 



27,711 



82,538 



33,604 



1821 



34,657 



55,291 



61,339 



1813 



35,273 



61,643 



36,319 



1822 



25,250 



47,266 



70,413 



1814 



58,890 



73.521 



34,161 



1823 



12,122 



50,794 



49,934 



1815 



41,044 



97,734 



39,653 



1824 



23,664 



73,381 



71,161 



1816 



54,041 



120,594 



62,074 



1825 



18,957 



61,506 



59,531 



K 



