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Appendices to Twenty -fourth Annual Report 



2. The number of diseased fish taken from the river and destroyed was 9. 

 Of 5 of these there were 2 males and 3 females ; sex of others not 

 • known. 



The Spawning- Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on October 25th, 1905. 



2. The greatest number spawned between the 2nd and 10th November 1905. 



3. Spawning ceased about the end of Novjmber 1905. 



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



spawning season is regarded as an unsatisfactory one as far as the state 

 of water is concerned. Rivers were in high flood, and observations 

 were difficult. 



Smolts— 



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



April. 



2. As a smolt year 1905 was an exceptionally good year. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 



1. The number of ova secured locally during the past season was 985,000. 



2. In securing ova the proportion of male to female fish captured was 2 



males to 3 females. 



REPORT FROM THURSO DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. As compared with the average results of previous years, the take of fish 



generally throughout the district has been about an average. 

 2.. The actual number of fish caught has been as follows : — 



(a) By fixed engine — Salmon, 717 ; grilse, 4350. 



(b) By rod and line, 432. 



The particulars showing results of coast fishings by fixed engine are 

 exclusive of the Holborn Head and the Dunnet fisheries. 

 3. Expressed in numbers for each month of the season, so as to show the 

 times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





Feb. 



Mar. 



April. May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



By Fixed Engine, . 







22 173 



2107 



2593 



172 





By Bod and Line, . 



23 



91 



115 71 



is 



24 



49 



41 



Particulars as to the times grilse and sea trout appeared, as included in 

 the above return, are as follows : — Grilse in July. 

 4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season by rod and 

 line was 25 lbs. 



The particulars of time and place of capture are : — September 5, beat 7 

 of river. 



Protection— 



The water bailiffs employed are 2 in number 



O bstructions to the Passage of Fish- 

 None. 



P ollutions— 



None. 



