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Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



With regard to the rentals of the principal districts, the following 

 brief statement is sufficient to show that the high standard 

 previously referred to has been well maintained : — 



Year. 



Tweed. 



Tay. 



N. Esk. 



Dee. 



Spey, 





£ 









£ 



1900, . 





22,548 



6^10 



18^989 





1901, . 





22,558 



6,466 



19,418 



8,608 



1902, . 





22,663 



6,494 



19,455 



8,146 



1903, . 



15,338 



22,648 



6,494 



18,393 



8,147 



1904, . 



15,439 



23,099 



6,494 



19,078 



7,396 



1905, . 



15,499 



22,675 



6,489 



19,332 



8,364 



The assessable rental of the East Coast fishery districts, exclusive 

 of the Beauly and including a sum for East Sutherland which does 

 not express the value, owing to the difficulty of separating angling 

 from other sporting values, is now £107,771. In 1904 it was 

 £106,691, in 1903 £104,815. 

 Boxes ot While, as has been seen, the weight of Scottish salmon carried 



senate train and steamer is greater than that for the last six years, the 



Billingsgate, decrease in the number of boxes of salmon sent to Billingsgate 

 continues. This decrease has previously been referred to as 

 meaning simply that an increasing proportion of Scottish salmon 

 is being sent to markets other than Billingsgate. As compared 

 with the last quinquennial average, the figures for 1905 show a 

 decrease of 2792 boxes ; as compared with the figures for 1904, a 

 decrease of 485 boxes. Totals are given in the following Table : — 





Total No. of Boxes. 



Average for 10 Years— 1884-1893, 



23,749 



Average for 10 Years— 1894-1903, 



17,160 



Total for Year 1904, ..... 



14,753 



Total tor Year 1905, 



14,368 



The detailed Table, kindly furnished by the Fishmongers' Com- 

 pany, showing the supplies from all sources, and the average monthly 

 prices, here follows, from which it will be noticed that, in spite of 

 the decrease of supplies above referred to, the number of salmon 

 sent to London from Scotland still very largely exceeds the 

 number sent from any other source: — 



[Table. 



