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Appendices to Tliirty -third Annual Report 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — A new cauld has been built 



n.(M-oss the Gala by the Galashiels Electric Company at their works. 

 IMiis cauld is no obstruction to the free run of fish. 



2. Are the bye-laws observed in every case ? — ^Bye-laws strictly enforced. 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — None. 



Pollutions— 



1. The exi>^ting pollutions are : — Poisonous matters from mills and dyehouses 



in Selkirk, Peebles, Innerleithen, Walkerburn, Galashiels. Hawick, 

 Jedburgh, and Chimside ; household sewage from Biggar, West Linton, 

 Eddleston, Melrose, St. Boswells, Kelso, Coldstream, Sprouston, 

 Ancrum, Lilliesleaf, Earlston, Lauder, &c. 



2. Remedial measures: — There are settlmg tanks connected with all the 



mills in Peebles which intercept the grosser parts of the mill effluent, 



but they are not very satisfactory. 

 There are purification works connected v/itli the mills in Selkirk, erected 



about 36 years ago, which need repahing very l:>adly. 

 A new system of drainage has been instituted in Galashiels, and most of 



the factories are now connected with it. It is a great imjirovement. 

 In HaAvick there ;ire irj'igating tanks in a field, but they are not worked 



sjitisfactorily. 



A purifying plant is in use at Chirnside Paper Mill, which is working fairly 

 AN-ell.' 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. Disease made its a])pearance this year in the month of November, and 



reached its height in January. 

 The river was free of diseased fish m May. 



2, The number of diseased ti.sh taken from the river and destroyed was 



as follows : — 



Males. Females. 

 Kelts . . . . . . 1021 549 



Clean ...... 65 54 



The Spawning Season — 



1. Fish were first noticed s])awning on 13th October 



2. The greatest number spjuvned in Decendjer. 



3. Spawning ceased m February. 



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



spawnuig reason is regarded as good. 



Smelts— 



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



2. As a smolt year 1914 was very good. 



REPORT FROM FORTH DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. The estimated catch in relation to that of former years Avas : — 



(a) By fixed engine — Salmon about the average ; grilse below. 

 (6) By sweep net — Salmon aboA^e the aA^erage ; grilse beloAV. 

 (c) By rod and line — Below the a\^erage. 



2. Sea Trout':— 



(a) The number taken cannot be given. 



(6) As compared Avith previous years — BeloAV the average. 



3. The Aveight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season Avas 45 lb. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are : — 15th August 1914, 



St. Monans, 



