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■ 1858. January 5. Saw a few spawnimg-'beds in 

 Owenmore. 



" ' January 9. In Eiver Arrow and tributaries found 

 twenty-nine salmon redds. 



" 'February 14. Walked tbe KUmorgan Eiver (a tribu- 

 tary to the Arrow), and counted twenty-one redds.' 



"In the early part of tbis year, 1858, we seldom fisbed. 

 In tbe montb of February we took five flsb ; in Marcb 

 tbree ; in April two : in May ten ; in June tbirty-nine. 

 We did not, in fact, begin to fisb regularly tO tbe 1st 

 July. During tbis montb we took 868 salmon, and up to 

 tbe 20tb August (tbe close of our season) 530 more — tbe 

 year's take averaging very little more tban 41bs. eacb. Mr. 

 Culbertson's notes on tbis year are : ' Spring-fisb sbowing 

 in February. One of 91bs., taken in tbe net, was a fry 

 marked by Brown in 1856. In Marcb got anotber about 

 tbe same weight. Only a few fisb through tbis month. 

 Fry coming down in April, and more plentiful in May : 

 but I do not think so many in the river as last year. On 

 13th May saw nearly one hundred jumps from six to eight 

 o'clock in the evening; they were from 81bs. to 121bs. 

 weight. On 9tb June saw first grilse at lower fall ; about 

 the end of tbe montb they were very plentiful. Among tbe 

 fish taken by the nets on 6th July, seven were fry marked 

 by me last year, and they weighed 6|lbs. to 61bs. each.' 



" Since tbe end of the close-season, many reports have 

 been sent me relative to the numbers running up. From 

 my inspector's book I take tbe following : 'Aug. 28. 

 At BaUisodare numbers of salmon in every part of the 

 river between bridge and lowest fall. Sept. 1. CoUooney 



