292 Appendices to Thirty -third Annual Report 



Fixviii. 



Description 

 of Dipper. 



Where 

 Discharged. 



Notes. 



Dobbington 



Brick and cement built, 

 700 yards from burn. 



Drained on surface. 



— 



Whiteliill . 



Brick and cement, 57 

 yai'ds from biu'n. 



Surface drained. 



— 



Billnbeg . 



Brick and cement, 500 

 yards from river. 



Baled on surface. 



No drainage. 



Woodside . 



250 yards from river. 



Baled on sm'face. 





High Craig- 

 head 1 . 



Metal dipper set in con- 

 crete, 500 yards from 

 nearest stream. 



Discharged in open. 



— 



Blair. 



Fireclay dipper, half-mile 

 from nearest burn. 



Drained into wood. 



— 



Farthing . 



Brick and cement dipper 

 20 yards from small 

 ditch 2 miles from 

 river. 



Baled out on surface. 





Glenton 



Wooden dipper, 4 yards 

 from Glenton Burn, 

 1\ miles from river. 



Baled out on surface. 



There is a slope from 

 dipper to burn. 



REPORT FROM ST IN CHAR DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. The number of salmon and grilse : — 



By rod and line — 17. 



2. The estimated catch in relation to that of former years was : — Below the 



average. 



3. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 28 lb. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1914 was £400. 



2. The assessment levied was £14 6s. 8d. 



3. There is 1 water bailiff employed. 



The Salmon Disease- 

 Disease made its appearance this year in the month of August. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning on 22nd November. 



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



spawning season is regarded as poor. 



Smolts— 



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



2. As a smolt year 1914 was about an average. 



REPORT FROM CREE DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. The number of salmon and grilse : — 



(a) By fixed engines in the sea — Greatly below an average. 

 (6) By sweep net in tidal or fresh waters — Very poor, 

 (c) By rod and line — ^75. Much below average. There was a,n 

 absence of grilse, 



