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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fjAB. 25, 1888. 



A 



SCOTLAND S FISHERIES. 

 [By our Eegnlat Edinburgh correspondent.] 

 VERY important act has recently oonvs into operation 



ior ths management and regulation of the fisheries of 



It is entitled "The Fishery Board :Seofland| Act. 



hrough Parliament in August last. 



The uew fishery bpard created by this act is to nave the 



{towers and duties of the Board of British White Herring 



i- which is declared to be dissolved, and is to take 



cognizance of evervthina reialing lo il.e coast and deep -a-ti 



Sskeri I Scotland and take a heir ltn- 



, it the funds under their administration uot other- 



I n. ay admit, of. The board, is also to have 



rintendenee of the salmon hsii,.,s : 



land and to have the powers and duties of com 



salmon Fishery Acts, the office of the forn i oin 



■ .■- ' ' eal.iriate. 'I here ale three paid 



.'p... ■ >, it h the board — a chairman, an inspector 



i s Jtnon H stii i u ■ and u secretaiy. Vmoug the nine unpaid 



members are the sheriffs of Aberdeen undArgvle and the. 



sheriff of Caithness. Colmey and Zetland, and' Sir I. H. G. 



MaitUini. Hart.. whose piscienltiiral esta hlishmeiit at Howre 



town, u«ai' Stirling, is byfur the largest in Ureal Kritain, is 



aba . anber. 



>of ill. 'i-liuies placed under the innmigeineutaiid 

 out this new board is tbtj great, ta 1580 the gross 



yfeldof the herring fishery in Scotland was i . ai'i.c ■■' , ■.!■■ 



Vfhieh, at twenty -live cent's •• en-i _,i .-.•- c: ..a I'M mi I : i- tin; 



annual value of the fishery, in thai pear the number of 



fishing hoatsin Scotland was l-l,;.il and o! ' ti.-ia rtneii and liovs 



{7,131, while the estimated value jf t|, „.-.... ,-„ .,,,.' tie, 



ns< 6 it] herring cod. and line lish.e ■ ■ .. -.■■"-. 



ae preceding cof -".'I boats uud of 



hen, and au increase of t'tT.'IlP in the estimated 



- a. ii tit ats, nets and line.- PI. ■ . .., ,|, ... - ■ 



Scotland are worth about teoe.ono ., ,-ea ,-. ,,nil the hookand 



line fisheries for eod, ling 



lobster lisle aa a- ,re also 



value of the property wki 



. and the crab I 



I'taliec; so lliat 



ed under the s 



mtcudcnee of the new tishery hoard i.- certaiub, upward •!' 



£8,1500.005 a year, The only fishing which does nol appear 

 to have been placed under the control of the hoard is the 

 trout, fishing, " This is a great pity, as .it present there is no 



annual etose time for trout in Scotland, so that i lew may be 

 destroyed during the spawning se i a, 1 ■■ a 

 prevent and punish such destruction. In Engl I 



other hand, then >- ,-':■■■ ' ■ trou ar extending 



frotn October 1 to FebrUarj I ind in Ireland then is ti close 



lame fortrout front Septe.iobere.' i :, ,,-t ' , ■. ... February. 



,',.i, .. ■, !.- L| . ., - , . ,.',,,,,,,,,, I -. .,,,, . ..,,,, ,,. : e, 



a number ol defects and omissions in the Heotch salmon fishery 



acts of I sit? and ISOs. K;, the act Of 1882 it is provided that 

 the new board shall make, an annual report to the Secretary 

 of State for Home Department eontainmg ,. statistical ac- 



eount..ft!i ,-',,n,- , ,,i suggestions for their regulation 



and improvement, which report shall be presented to Parlia- 

 ment It is also provided rhat the inspector of salmon fish- 

 eries "shall, under the direction of the Fisbeij B..; i ., 



all thi salmon Fisheries of Scotland, and inquire inlo ihn 

 operation of the salmon ris]iei\ a.-l -,, anil report .'hereon from 

 time to time to the board " 



TOE sioi.u DISEASE. 

 This disease, referable to the parasitic fungus known as 



Soprah-nino ft'ra.v, which lias of recent years final., a 



an epidemic form in a good main - important salmon rivers 

 in the south of Scotland and the north of En am shoi - I Ll 

 few sfens o! a.bath%. In the Tweed, it has attained its 



greatest development— no fowor than 16.939 54] . ,;. 



frrllse and M. mi sea trout affected with the uiugoid liscase 

 bavins been taken out. of that river and buried iliniu- the 



seasons of 1SSII, ISM, and lssg, gh ;.. . ,1 ., ' :.. 



hash. The number was g-reaie.-t in Iss'j. I'.nr a fact waih 



noting in connection witli ilii- e that, in that 1 1 



when the salmon rlis.-jse wa- so |.n-' ai-ait . i le- fishing or, ..he 



Dweed b I ha Mm 5 Eoi twelve years: thus 



showing that a successful fishing season and a virulent out- 

 break of the salmon disease m.,> be coincident on Die same 



river. At wnl I salmon disease in Scotland seems 



traveling: northward as it ha- been, and still is, revy bad on 

 the North Bak, which falls into the sea near Montrose, aud it 

 has quite ive- in iv appeared in the Deveron which runs into 

 the south shore oi thfiMo BMrfcl ci aqulries have 



been held into the causes and cure of this mvsterious disease; 

 but the mvsten still remains unsolved. Man y causes' have 

 been assigned, but none of them will stand the test of investi- 

 gation. 



Itseemst. i i-. riginatingh Eresh water, and salt, 



has been proved lo h r, . a ">irath ■• eiTe-t, upon it. If ha- also 



been shown to bt i i riou andtherefore boai^ls q( con- 



GIJVN-'.S SAKKTV HAIL FOB FI3H1HU BOATS AMD OTHER VBSSBLS, 



Mr. John Ginm, of Golspie. Sutherlandshire, lia- latch in- 

 vented a new truard-rail ''or tishinsr boats, which |,r a, ; 

 be of'great use in saving life in rtomrj weather.' The rail 

 consists of a row < i <■ , ..:- ■•nt two feet in height, and 

 about two feet apart. These standards are surmounted at 

 the top by a Continuous rail made from a round iron rod 

 ■hi,.., .a, ,- , • , ichm thickness. This top rail is 

 jointed at the top of each - i Sard, ud is fixed by small 

 lioh it swivels when in the process of fold- 



Ai 



do 



are 



hole in the iron. The inner end i 



lonph udinal plaul 

 bulwark or presea 



the top. In tai 

 stands and lolds. 



By withdrawing a pin ten or five! 

 atonoe, by the same process a second section was lost to 

 sight in the groove, and so on till the whole rail was lowered. 



eand 

 • rail, 



If wished, the midship section can be lowered anr 

 aft se*tions of the rail left standincr. The eostoi 

 made of wrought iron, is from 3s. 3d. to r Js. id. peri 

 Mr. R. Sinclair, oi V.'.. !■. r, ,.■■ e__, .,,.,,-,.,, ■ '_■■ 



new first class oshhig-boat oi fifty feet £ee.i auti sen mi set 

 feet beam fitted « it li the new safctv rail. The rail is to be 

 exhibited a1 the Breat Internationa] Fisheries Exhibition 

 which is to be held in London in i - 



■' tnOl ittl l- "li- latter dale It was tie 



is an early rii m aii thi bi toi bin Bshi] • • 



Of May. 



NATUBAX OBSTKTJCTIONS 10 THE ASCENT of SALMON. 



About five hundred miles of rivers and lochs are barn 



tht 



nt 



ek Mount 

 a-haps the 



of Fisheries in Norway, lias lately 

 on er waterfalls to which those 1 1 1 en 















,f ',?!■" 



■ CaD 



:, 1 



Bra 







U ;■'--,; 



-lie r 



ited Stat 



■sting t 



irt fot 



B 



Lamb 



lark's oja 



ratio. 



s werecu 



cried bui 



on the 



Riyei 



Sire, i 



vhieli f; 



i -, into ' 



je X(.| 



ll Sea ah 



jut hall 







Ohnsi 



iansan.l 



and Ste.v 



an-er 



It is i 









and .1 









undred n 



, , , 







Scotland. Now. howe thai 

 signed and executed by Herri 

 civil engineer. .these apparent!: 



lea de- 



.- Lee', 



id i 



half inch planks) and has a much steeper gradient than the 

 pass on the lower fall, varying from 1 in s to 1 in 7. Only 

 all,. oi ■. lourth of the length "of the pass has had to be 

 blast rd in the solid rock. The entice distance winch salmon 



have to traverse from the bottom to the top of thepassis 



nearlv half a mile, 'there is a hatching apparatus in enm- - 

 tion with the- pass which afl'01. is space for about half n million 

 of salmon fry, and by a peculiar arrangement a. stream of 

 water can be conducted from the pass to the hatching nppara- 



Ab. aii on..- hundred and is ■ I indiive hundred and 



twenty feet, esp Lively, from the foot oi ass there are 



,,,,-, icious resting places 1 isa idi i aim. ,, each about 

 Ihirteej feet square and five feet deep. The efficiency of 



c way to the foot of the Falls 



1SS. "A more SUCC '' i - 



aauld scarcely be il 

 I the Logfos fall wire stopped 

 he )..i-s over -a inch was not, 

 --!. afterthi period when the 

 lead- 'hem to attemp! : 



no longer possible tocom,. .the num- 



ber of fish I lee. as -,,',. ic i as- S ■ ,;-,-, -, 



that had previous!- ■ i ' 



maincd, and aaJmnnwere for thi lirst time seen and taken 

 with the rod ,.ud hue in persons Bshine Eoi trout in the 

 reaches of the river al B anfbi Ti i i tire cost of 

 these great works, which have enabled salmon to pass over 

 two falls whose united height i- one hundred and seventeen 

 feet, has beenabout '.'1 :en. whi-h has i.eer. defrayed by a 

 body of shareholder- called "The Kiver Sire Salmon Fishery 

 Company (limited)," who have bought up the fishing rights 

 on I he whole of the river, and also the coast saUnou fishings 

 for a, distance of four or five null ,- on either side of the. river 

 mouth. 



itheli , lew months there 

 ng. First of all we had the 



n -hip; then on the 

 rrn.-m bi-eech-loadinr gun at 



la, ! It. la • i- 1 d l » Li-' a. sila'aiiie . - la 



luckily without damage tolife. The -reason for its failure was 



found* to be a (law in t lie inner steel tube, v, hid, could not be 



seen till the burst took place. Austria,, Dot ;.•■ be left long 



I, followed with the burst of a bWeeh-loaoing 



II a,, a i. I elix-dr.rf 01, llle ill. Of aCeiael. Tikj 



i happily, it' tin- t ,.,',, aocot 

 eaptaiii was killed t.v ., fragment of the gun, ami i1 m fn1 



severely wounded. The French man - iraccidents 

 . i pom the publi. ear, but 



deuce thftt there has ■ I .. I tea* ll fail M*tS Uc 



nance. With the a Le two German guns, each 



burst represents a different method of manufacture What an 

 apple of discord for the artillerist.— JPmU Mall Gazette, 



lite Mennel 



FIXTURES. 



BP.NCH SHOWS. 

 februajy^O, 2f,S3 and I , eioua) Ltench .siion-, 



he tench 



re 1. 1,-sa. 

 '. B. Efbin. 



( ; . ai.-.'o (jrumiit attniltiin comnmnictilions should bn ("/- 

 dres.-aaV In the, Fnr,:yl nun SI ream PubUsJiing Qu., and nol In 



individuals, in whose absence from the office woUtes 

 portance are liable U> delay. 



Ot'ixri t>-. 'hi- iiiurss of Hi n Keiinel Editor, manfcommi'unicas 

 lions are deft i 



WASHINGTON SHOW PRICES. 



t. Bernard dogs. sRi and so; bitches, same. 



St. B i iiae.l dogs, s.ij ami sr,, 

 ■pies, SIO. 



sill and 85. 

 •a. Mis.-.. 



- La.' 



j first, ■"Hi. 



Champion Irish setter dogs, Si:,; bitches, sa,me. 

 j Irish settei- dogs. sir. .and S5; bitches same; puppies, under 



icr IBmos., SIO and S- 

 best dog or hitch. Ala. 



ml 85; bitches, seine.; puppies. 



: bitches same. 

 x'hessamc; puppies. MO. 



;sibs.,M0 



Champi. 



id .- 

 I -;„, i I- M J i [01 a dei-gslbs., MU. 

 other than black, under MSlbs.. Sm 

 i.ii.-is, under 381bs., $10 and 85. 

 micl puppy, any color, under ISmo! five] 



legg ■ I eagles or Basset hounds, Sl0and*a. 

 Orier dogs, champion medal; bitches same. 



Fox-terrier dogs. Sftlaud -■?.",; bitches, same. 



Fox-iieM ier puppies under l-hnos., dog or bitch, silver medal. 



t 'ham], ion collie dogs, champion medal; hitches, same. 



■' !'■■ in and s:,a ; biTehes. vanie: puppies, silyermedal. 



L'ulldou^. I a. 



RttU-terriers. slo and s.">. 



Black aud tan terriers, s]0 and so. 



ier. Sio and .Sa. 



lpion medal; bitches, same. 



• Jap el spaniels, spl and sF,. 



„ss, ov.-r-gribs. weight, S7and*3; 



Wnshixutox, ll. C, (ifriee SI, 



• i,As. Li:;cot.x. Supt. 



OTTAWA SHOW SPECIAL PRIZES. 



A -Tim Dominion of Canada Eeuhel Oluh offers. a hand- 

 . some silver cup, vjlie "a' -am ■ ' ' ■ a ■■•■-,. ,1 ..'.-.. 

 the best six dogs of any breed or -ex. whelped ami 

 the Dominion, having been the property uf the exhibitor for 

 six months previous to the show: "o. Condi- 



andmustbewontwioi before beo hi 



under the ait: 

 B. Vfr. ia> 



■ i, b 



Mr. 



She, iff 



i president, . oti'crs •■sg'S.uil for the 

 litch. that, has never previou.-h 

 to dogs owned in Hreat Britain 



to dogs owned in Groat Britain or the. 



otot vice-president, ofiavs {30.00 £oi 



c hitch, owned in the Dominion, i hat. 



Oil a first prize; enli", fceS-.tXt. 



eetlaud, second vice-president, offer; 



lot, setter, dog or bitch, owned iu the 



a-!' previously Vfiii a first prize: eutry 



for the 1: 

 Dominion, that ha 



K For the. best, matched pair of English setters ireganiles 

 of sev, color and quality to be Considered, and to he the bom 

 tide property of one individual or club, silver cup, vaJw 



,1. I.V„ e 



e I ,11 le I 



sportsman's 

 K. Fort) 



eli- 



- i i into fee £2.00 

 .1- bitch, having the 



'. , a a - 



; ,aar • 3 -aa",. 



a, shown, with two 

 ', m.Beraid; 



si, .H-fter. owned inanden- 



,e best English 01 Irish setter, owned m a.eu , ... 

 exl'.ii.itorfi-oin Mamtoba ar the S 'V 'I db ffl 



■ Spaaie! f'li.b otters a pi 

 paniel, dog or biteU, any age or 

 u; to the'staiidard ct and open 

 . >:. Club; entry free. 

 1 of cocker spaniels, any color, to 



1 1 ae ,.,., ,,,,,' ,,!,,,,;;, , 



only to members of the .-> 

 :■. the best « c 

 consist of not less t] a 

 Forest and Stream ; enL,, . 



O. For the best fox terrier nog oi bitch, (small size) ; dogs 

 under IS lbs., bitches wndOT W lbs., 880,00 oo&tt; 

 $2.00. 



