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Appendices to Twenty -seventh Annual Report 



REPORT FROM BERVIE DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish- 



3. Particulars as to the times grilse and sea trout appeared are as follow : — 



The first grilse was taken in the sea on 23rd May, being a fortnight later 

 than previous years ; sea trout were got in abundance in Bervie Bay 

 about 10th June, being about a fortnight earlier than previous years. 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 41 lbs. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are : — About the end of July, 



in a bag-net at Shieldhill. 



Protection— 



L The assessable rental for 1908 was £910 13s. 

 2. The sssessment levied was 16 J per cent. 



0. The water bailiffs employed are five in number. 



The Salmon Disease— 



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



its height in February. 

 The river was free of diseased fish in the middle of March. 



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



follows : — 



Males. Females. 



Kelts, 34 22 



Clean, 1 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 18th October. 



2. The greatest number spawned in the end of November and in December. 



3. Spawning ceased about the middle of February. 



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



spawning season is regarded as having been very good. The river, 

 during most of the spawning season, ran slightly in flood. 



Smolts— 



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



to the middle of July. 



2. As a smolt year 1908 was very good. 



REPORT FROM DEE DISTRICT. 



Take of Pish- 



3. Particulars as to the times grilse and sea trout appeared are as follow :— 



A few sea trout got at opening of season, 11th February, but June and 

 July were the best months for sea trout. First grilse caught on sea coast 

 at Portlethen fishings, on 17th April, by fixed engine. First grilse by 

 sweep net at Bridge of Dee, Aberdeen, on 25th April. First grilse by 

 rod and line at Blackhall Fishery, Banchory-Ternan, on 19th May. 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 46 lbs. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are : — 46 lbs., caught at Har- 

 bour Commissioners' fishings by fixed engine on 25th August ; 32 lbs., 

 by sweep net in river at Pot fishings, near Aberdeen ; 33 lbs., by rod and 

 line in river at Durris, 19th October. 



Protection— 



h The assessable rental for 1907-08 was £18,893 16s. 8d. 



2. The assessment levied was at the rate of 5 J per cent., yielding £1039 8s. 9d. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 23 in number for the close time, but only 



four of that number for the whole year. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions are : — At Culter Paper Mills, about eight miles up 

 river. River was seriously polluted by discharge from these mills in 

 March and April and in June and July. 



