Statistics and Notes as to Tweed Salmon Fishings. 117 

 Average Weight of Salmon, &c. 



SEASON. 



SALMON. 



GRILSE. 



TROUT. 



SEA.SON. 



SALMON. 



GRILS£. 



TROUT. 





It. 



oz. 



lb. 



oz. 



lb. 



OZ. 





lb. 



oz. 



lb. 



oz. 



lb. oz. 



1860. 



10 



7 



4 



11 



3 



7 



1867. 



11 



6 



4 



9 



4 3 



1861. 



11 



11 



4 



8 



3 



9 



1868. 



11 



4 



4 







3 15 



1862. 



11 



3 



5 



3 



3 



13 



1869. 



10 



6 



4 



6 



3 13 



1S63. 



11 



10 



4 



13 



3 



10 



1870. 



11 



6 



4 



11 



4 2 



1864 



10 



2 



4 



2 



3 



9 



1871. 



12 



6 



4 



14 



3 9 



1865. 



10 



7 



4 



7 



4 







1872. 



12 



9 



5 



5 



4 7 



1866. 



10 



10 



4 



13 



3 



9 



1873 



12 



10 



,5 



2 



3 15 



Sexes of Salmon and Grilse. 



Supposing the number of fish of which the sex was ascer- 

 tained to be represented by 100, the proportion of male and 

 female fish was as follows : — 



SALMON. 



GRILSE. 



SEASON. 



MALE. 



FEMALE 



MALE. 

 48 



44 

 45 

 46 



FEMALE. 



1870 



1871 



1872 



1873 



35 

 30 

 35 

 37 



65 

 70 

 65 

 63 



52 

 56 

 55 



54 



of Large Salmon. 





From 



From 



From 







25 to 



30 to 



35 to 



A.bove 





30!bs 



35lbs. 



401bs. 



401bs. 





each. 



each. 



eacb. 





1867. 



25 



5 



4 



, 



1869. 



20 



2 



— 



4 



1870. 



1« 



5 



— 



— 



1871. 



3i 



3 



1 



1 



1873. 



37 



17 



9 



4 



The Three largest 

 weighed respectively. 



42$, 39, and 38£ lbs. 

 57, 44, Kn.l 42 lbs. 

 34 1, 33, »nd 33 iba. 

 41 35 J, and 32 lbs. 

 47. 45, and 42 ihs. 



Returns for Seasons i8(>8 and 1872 mislai I, 



During the net season (180 days) of 1872, the Tweed was 

 above the ordinary summer level on 160, and at and below 

 the same on 20 days. The largest " spate " was on the 30th 

 March, when 8 feet 10 inches was registered. 



During the season of 1873, the number of days on which 

 the Tweed was above the ordinary summer level was 87, 

 and at and below, 93 ; and the largest spate was on the 27th 

 February, when 4 feet 4 inches was registered. 



