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Appendices to Thirty-second Annual Report 



Protection — 



1. The assessable rental for 1913 was £1205 8s. 



2. The assessment levied was Is. 6d. per £. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 2 in number, 1 being permanent, and I 



being employed during close season, 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follow : — None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — None. 



2. Are the bye-laws observed in every case ? — Yes. 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — ^None. 



Pollutions— 



None. 



The Salmon Disease- 

 There was no disease. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 3rd November. 



2. The greatest number spawned between 10th November and 6th December. 



3. Spawning ceased middle of January. 



4. As regards numbers of breeding fish, and state of the water, the past spawn- 



ing season is regarded as above average. River was running at half 

 flood during spawning season. 



Smolts— . 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards about 9th April. Disap- 



peared about 15th June. 



2. As a smolt year 1913 was very good. 



REPORT FROM NESS DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. The number of salmon and grilse : — 



(a) By rod and line — 554 salmon, 29 grilse. Loch Ness, Fort-Augustus 

 and Glen Morriston District. Rod and line. River Ness, 98 

 salmon and grilse, 



2. The catch in relation to that of former years was : — 



(a) By rod and line on river much below average. Loch Ness above 

 average. 



No numbers can be obtained of salmon caught by fixed nets on the coast, 

 and the above numbers for the Fort- Augustus and Glen Morriston District 

 give an idea of the number of salmon caught on Loch Ness. Glen 

 Urquhart or Foyers catches are not included as no records are reported 

 to be kept. 



3. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 36 lb. 



The particulars of time and place of capture are : — Caught by rod and line 

 on Loch Ness at Glen Urquhart, in March. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1913 was £3832 10s. 



2. The assessment levied was £383 5s. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 3 in number. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follow : — None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — ^None. 



2. Are the bye-laws observed in every case ? — Yes. 



