Report of the Tweed Experimental Committee. 491 



The last meeting was held at Carham Pond on 25th July, to 

 see the pond cleaned and examine all the fish it contained. 

 Sixty-four fish were taken out. They measured 965^ inches, 

 the length of each fish being on an average 15 inches, showing 

 an increase in the growth of % inch on each fish since the 23rd 

 April previous. 



They were not in such good condition as when examined in 

 April last. 



A number of small fish were found in the pond. They were 

 transferred to the small pond which adjoins the large one. 



Since September, 1 877, five of the Blacktails marked in Octo- 

 ber and November of that year have been captured. Details 

 regarding them are given in a Eeturn annexed. 



The three fish marked respectively 112, 307, and 325 were 

 sent to me with the wires in them ; the other two I did not see, 

 the wires only having been sent. 



It will be observed that the two fish caught in the river in 

 March and April, as stated in the Eeturn, had decreased in 

 weight. A similar decrease in weight of marked Blacktails 

 which had remained in the river, and apparently had not gone 

 to sea after being marked, is mentioned in previous reports by 

 the Experimental Committee. 



The three fish Nos. 126, 355, and 325 recaptured, as stated in 

 the Eeturn, show a large increase in weight. 



Eeported by 



G. H. LIST, Chief-Constable. 



County Police Office, Dunse, 19th August, 1878. 



