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were £3 10s. for a net and £1 forarod. Nets with a 
mesh less than 2 in. from knot to knot are said not to be 
allowed in the river. . 
The third and last river in the district under consider- 
ation is the Conway. ‘This is a more important stream 
than the last, and large numbers of Salmon and Sewin 
run up it annually. Mr. C. T. Allard, Hon. Sec. to the 
Conway Conservancy Board, informs me that the principal 
runs are, of Salmon towards the middle of June, and of 
Sewin in April and the beginning of May. The late Mr. 
John Blackwall, F.L.8., who lived for many years at 
Llanrwst, says, in an interesting paper ‘‘On the growth 
of Salmon and Sewin” (Researches in Zoology, 2nd 
edition, 1877, p. 184), that ‘‘ Salmon in high condition, 
weighing 3 lbs. and upward, ascend the Conway in con- 
siderable numbers early in June if the state of the water 
be favourable’”’; and that ‘‘ great numbers of young 
Salmon, weighing from half a pound to a pound, come 
up the same river in August.” Ido not think the large 
spawning fish run up till somewhat late in Autumn. 
This river is fished with nets, chiefly draft with the 
legal mesh, from Trefriw to Conway, and with rods above 
Trefriw. Only one draft or trammel net appears to have | 
been licensed in 1891, and one coracle net in the Tanyrallt 
fishery near Bettws-y-Coed. There are two ‘“ Weirs’’. 
or fixed enclosures for taking Salmon in this fishery’ 
district—one at Colwyn Bay, about five miles H. of the 
mouth of the Conway; and one at Caerhun on the river. 
There is also licensed a “‘ Fixed Engine,” consisting of a 
basket 7 ft. long, at Tanyrallt. The annual close time is 
from September 15th for nets, and from November 15th 
for rods, to April 30th. The cost of a license for a draft 
or hang net (trammel) is £3 per annum, and for a rod £1 
per annum, .__—s. Oo Oe ASE APES 25 2 ws 
