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Appendices to Thirty-second Annual Report 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1913 was £4520 7s. 6d. 



2. The assessment levied was £282 10s 6d. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 8 in number. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follow : — 70 



poaching cases on the river Carron — offenders fined. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



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



2. Are the bye-laws observed hi every case ? — As far as possible. 



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



Pollutions— 



The existing pollutions are : — ^Nono. 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. Disease made its appearance this year in the month of July, and reached its 



height in December. 

 The river was free of diseased fish in March 1913. 



2. The number of diseased fish taken from the river and destroyed was as 



follows : — 47 male and 10 female kelts. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 15th October. 



2. The greatest number spawned in November. 



3. Spawning ceased about the end of December. 



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



spawning season is regarded as above the average. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in May. 



2. As a smolt year 1913 was very good. 



REPORT FROM COUNTY OF SUTHERLAND— FAST COAST 

 DISTRICT {RIVERS HELMSDALE, BRORA, AND FLEET). 



Take of Fish— 



1. The number of salmon and grilse : — Salmon. Grilse. Sea trout. 



(a) By sweep net in tidal or fresh waters — 654 239 37 



(b) By rod and line — 2815 salmon, grilse, and trout. 



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



(a) By sweep net — Below average. 

 (6) By rod and line — Above average. 

 3 Expressed as percentages for each month of the season, so as to show 

 the times of greatest run, the figures are : — • 





Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



r Salmon 





19 



54 



15 



6 



5 



1 





By Sweep Neti Grilse . 









0-5 



38 



46 



15-5 





I Trout . 









3 



73 



8 



16 





By Rod and Line 



5 



16 



11 



19 



14 



18 



8 



9 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 32^ lb. 

 The particulars of place of capture are : — Caught on No. 4 beat River 

 Helmsdale. 



