TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 JOHN SINCLAIR, M.P., 



His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



Office of the Fishery Board 

 for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, 26^4 May 1906. 



Sir, 



In continuation of our Twenty-fourth Annual Report 

 we have the honour to submit — 



PART II. — REPORT ON SALMON FISHERIES. 



The weight of Salmon carried by Scottish Railways and 

 Steamships during the fishing season 1905 exceeds that reported 

 for season 1904 by 183 tons, and exceeds the last quinquennial 

 average by 246 Ions. The total is 2280 tons. From the following 

 Table, which shows the actual weights in the four divisions of the 

 coast usually adopted, and more clearly from the chart of curves 

 also given, it will be seen that this satisfactory improvement is 

 confined to the East Coast in the division of Berwick to Cairnbulg 

 Point at the entrance to the Moray Firth : — 



