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Apfendices to Thirty-second Annual Report 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



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



2. Tlie bye-laws are observed. 



3. The following cauls are in this District : — Annan, Blacketlees, Brydekirk, 



Murraythwaite, in the River Annan, and Brocklerigg and Castleniilk 

 Mill, in the River Milk. All of them are so constructed that they do not 

 obstruct the passage of fish. 



Pollutions — 



1. The existing pollutions are : — None. 



2. Remedial measures : — None. 



The Salmon Disease — 



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



reached its height about the end of February. 

 The river was free of diseased fish in the beginning of May. 



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



follows : — Males, 23 ; females, 14 — all kelts. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 6th January 1913. 



2. The greatest number spawned in January. 



3. Spawning ceased on 8th March. 



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



spawning season is regarded as good. 

 A large number of breeding fish passed upstream from the commencement 

 of the close season till the New Year. As the river kept high, they 

 could not be seen locally in the spawning beds. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in the first week of May. 



2. As a smolt year 1913 was fair. 



Changes in Office-Bearers of District Board— 



J. C. R. Macdonald, W.S., 84 Irish Street, Dumfries, appointed clerk to 

 the Board in succession to John F. Cormack, now deceased. 



