258 



Appendices to Twenty-ninth Annual Report 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 9th October. 



2. The greatest number spawned in November, 



3. Spawning ceased on 5th January. 



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



spawning season is regarded as excellent. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in April and May. 



2. As a smolt year 1910 was above the average. 



REPORT FROM SPEY DISTRICT. 

 Take of Pish— 



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



times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





By Net and Coble. 



By Fixed Engine. 



Month, 1910. 





























Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



Feb. 11th to 28th, 

 March, .... 

 April, .... 

 May, .... 

 June, .... 

 July, .... 

 August 1st to 26th, 



171 

 12-2 

 17-7 



8-2 

 10-4 

 25-3 



91 



2-8 

 88-8 

 8-3 



1-0 

 4-7 



23- 0 



24- 9 

 30-2 

 12-3 



3-9 



4-9 



10- 6 



11- 0 

 14-5 

 17-6 

 24-7 

 16-7 



} 0-2 



3-5 

 81-1 

 15-2 



01 



0- 3 



1- 5 

 6-6 



64-2 

 25-4 

 1-9 





1000 



100 0 



1000 



1000 



100 0 



1000 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1910 was £9139 15s. 



2. The assessment levied was £1294 15s. lOd. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are one superintendent, one inspector, and 



45 bailiffs. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follow : — Four 



persons were brought before the Sheriff at Elgin charged with poaching 

 offences ; they were convicted and sentenced to fines and expenses 

 amounting to £8. Four persons were charged before the Sheriff at 

 Banff with poaching offences ; the case against one of them was dis- 

 )nissed, and the other three were convicted (one in absence), and 

 sentenced to fines and expenses amounting to £6 13s. 5d. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Pish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect: — Balvenie dam dyke, in the 

 Fiddich, is at present an obstruction to fish, but there are prospects of a 

 new dyke, with fish pass, being built. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions are : — Distillery bye-products and town sewage. 



2. Remedial measures : — The distillery pollution is dealt with by means of 



several purification systems, including land irrigation, evaporation, 

 bacterial and septic tank purification. Infringements in this department 

 are at once dealt with in Court by the riparian ])roprietors. In regard 

 to town or burgh sewage, throughout the district a few of them have 

 purification schemes such as filtration, and some irrigation farms, 

 and some (such as Aberlour Burghs) practically no attempt made to 

 purify same. 



