52 Appendices to Twenty -fourth Annual Report 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards about 20th May. 



2. As a smolt year 1905 was very poor. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 



1. The number of ova secured locally during the past season was 80,000. 



REPORT FROM AWE DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish— 



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



generally throughout the district has been an average catch. 

 More particularly it has been 



(a) By fixed engines in the sea, 23 bag nets. 



(b) By sweep net in tidal or fresh waters, 2 sweep nets. 



(c) By rod and line, very difficult to estimate. Rods are let out 



by two hotels in addition to the sporting tenants' rights. 



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



(a) By fixed engine I 



(b) By sweep net > No information can be got from tenants. 



(c) By rod and line ) 



3. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 54 lbs. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are :— Awe, netted, time 



not known 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1905-1906 was £1305 19.^. 



2. The assessment levied was £163 4s. lOd. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 1 in number, Donald Rankin, Oban. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follows : — (1) 



Against M'Coll, salmon fisher, Appin, for using a net having mesh not 

 of legal size. Accused pled guilty and was fined £2. Year 1904-1905. 

 (This complaint was at the instance of the Fishmongers' Company of 

 London.) (2) Against Donald M'Millan and John M'Callum, Tay- 

 nuilt, for night poaching. Accused pled not guilty, but on evidence 

 the charge against M'Millan was found not proven, and M'Callum was 

 found guilty and fined £1, with expenses. (3) Against Alexander 

 Carmichael and 7 others for poaching. Under this charge Alexander 

 Carmichael, John Bell, and William Reid, fishermen, Oban, and 

 Alexander M'Callum, painter, Oban, were found guilty and each fined 

 £2, with the alternative of a month's imprisonment. The net and boat 

 used were confiscated. (4) Against Archibald Macfadyen, salmon 

 fisher, Shuna. Charge — fishing during close time. Accused pled 

 guilty and was fined £l, with expenses. (2), (3), and (4) complaints at 

 instance of Awe Board.) 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — Mill lade on the river 



Lusragan at Connel. The fish ladder is obstructed by a board at top, 

 prohibiting the fish from ascending or descending. The board has 

 been removed several times at the instance of the Board, and steps are 

 again being taken for its removal. The board has been placed in its 

 position by the owner of an adjacent tweed mill, Mr. D. Cameron 

 MacLachlan. 



2. Fish passes built or in prospect : — No necessity for any fish passes in 



river Awe. 



3. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with : —None. 



[This answer must be regarded as applying exclusively to the Aive, 

 and not to the other streams of the District, such as the Orchy and 

 Etive.— W.L.C.] 



