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



(a) By fixed engine — Notes not taken ; take therefore cannot be 



given. 



(b) By sweep net — No sweep nets fished in district. 



(c) By rod and line — Notes not taken ; take therefore cannot be 



given. 



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



Grilse, second week in May — best takes first and second weeks in 

 July ; sea trout, in March — best takes third and fourth weeks in 

 June ; salmon, first caught 27th February — best takes second week in 

 J uly and first week in September (in Solway Firth). 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken in the Solwaj was 45 lbs., with 



a haaf net, on Annan burgh fishings on 24th August 1905, and with 

 rod and line 36 lbs., on the Mount Annan portion of the Annan on 

 8th November 1905. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1905 was £3256. 



2. The assessment levied was £447 14s. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 4 in number — 3 at Annan and 1 at Loch- 



maben (one of those at Annan does duty at Moffat during spawning 



season). 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follows : — One 



person was tried at Sheriff Court, Dumfries, contravention of Salmon 

 Act, 1868, Section 15 (Sub-section 4), and fined 5s. and 34s. 9d. of 

 expenses. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — No alteration. 



2. With regard to the observance of bye-laws : — On the Annan — No heck 



at the tail of the mill race at Brydekirk Mill, belonging to James 

 Graham, meal miller there. On the Kirtle — No heck at intake or tail 

 of mill race at Beltenmont Mill, belonging to Miss Ann Beattie, 13 

 Charles Street, Annan, and no heck at tail of mill race at Kirtlebridge 

 Mill, belonging to the trustees of the late John Irving, per H. C. 

 Irving of Burnfoot, Ecclefechan, and never was. On the Mein — No 

 heck at intake or tail of mill race at Mein Mill, belonging to the 

 Duke of Buccleuch. On the Dryfe — No heck at intake or tail of mill 

 race at Sandbed Mill, belonging to Walter Jackson, but there is a heck 

 across the lade above the wheel. On the Milk — No heck at intake of 

 the mill race at Scroggs Mill, belonging to the Earl of Mansfield, but 

 there is a heck across the lade at the entrance to the wheel, which is 

 placed close on the Milk water.' 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — No alteration. 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with : — None in district. 



No pollutions. 



The Salmon Disease— 



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



reached its height in March. 

 The river was free of diseased fish at end of April. 



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



follows : — 





Males. 



Females. 



Kelts, . "7 



■ 4 '• 



2 



Clean, .... 



1 



2 



