Ivi Thirty-second Annual Report 



Year. 



1 weed. 



lay. 



N. Esk. 



Dee. 



Spey. 





£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



1900 . 





22,548 



6,510 



18,989 





1901 . 





22,558 



6,466 . 



19,418 



8,608 



1902 . 





22,663 



6,494 



19,455 



8,146 



1903 . 



15,338 



22,648 



6,494 



18,393 



8,147 



1904 . 



15,439 



23,099 



6.494 



19,078 



7,396 



1905 . 



15,499 



22,675 



6,489 



19,332 



8,364 



1906 . 



15,499 



22,838 



6,485 



19,068 



8,740 



1907 . 



15,732 



23,202 



6,490 



18,940 



8,990 



1908 . 



16,093 



23,508 



6,474 



18,893 



9,243 



lyuy 





Zo, I 15 



P ex A 



D,bl4 





9,395 



1910 . 



16,130 



23,861 



7,620 



17,883 



9,139 



1911 . 



16,130 



23,873 



7,617 



18,005 



9,129 



1912 



16,050 



23,586 



7,597 



17,990 



10,304 



1913 . 



15.930 



23,584 



7,597 



18,153 



11,228 



In Mr. Calderwood's report will be foand reference to the various 

 inspections made by him in 1913, and to other matters of interest. 

 Reports from 34 District Fishery Boards have been received by the 

 Inspector, and a digest of their contents will be found appended to 

 Mr. Calderwood's report. 



The work of research into the Life History of the Salmon has been 

 carried on under more favourable circumstances than formerly, a 

 small grant having been obtained on the recommendation of the 

 Development Commissioners. The marking of fish in the sea was 

 commenced, bag nets being erected for this purpose on the Black Isle 

 shore opposite Fort George. Some interesting results have already 

 been obtained, and it is expected that, with the accumulation of 

 further data, information will be received of a wider and more exten- 

 sive nature, so that we may have a better understanding of the natural 

 conditions which underlie the fluctuations of this important section 

 01 our fisheries. Movements of salmon along our coast, where our 

 valuable commercial fisheries are chiefly situated, have hitherto been 

 but little understood. The marking of salmon has been exclusively 

 carried on in rivers. We are able now to conduct both sections of 

 this work, and a paper on each section, by Mr. Calderwood, has been 

 prepared. These, and papers on the study of scales, are produced 

 separately. 



PART III. 



SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS. 



During the year 1913 the scientific investigations in connection 

 with the sea fisheries were carried on under the supervision of Dr. T. 

 Wemyss Fulton, the Scientific Superintendent, as authorised by the 



