3S 



Appendices to Twenty -second Annual Report 



3. 





Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Sea Trout. 













Spawned. 



Not 

 Spawned. 



Spawned. 



Not 

 Spawned. 



Spawned . 



Not 

 Spawned. 



Proportion per cent. 





M. 



F. 



M. 



F. 



M. 



F. 



M. 



F. 



M. 



F 



M. 



F. 



Males. 



Females 



1 



Kelts. 



Clean 

 fish. 



1902 

 October 









o 















1 



1 



40 



60 





100 



November - 



13 



6 



6 , 



6 





2 







66 



30 



20 



6 



70 



30 



75 



25 



December 



129 



33 



28 



10 



9 



13 



4 





198 



141 



13 



10 



64 



36 



89 



11 



1903. 

 Jannary 



068 



221 



84 



27 



150 





43 



7 



177 



135 





3 



72 



28 



90 



10 



February 



367 



314 



1 



7 



107 



50 



1 





67 



81 





2 



55 



45 



99 



1 



March • 



80 



84 



1 



3 



8 



8 







8 



14 







46 



54 



99 



1 



April - 



5 



2 



3 



1 



2 











2 



1 





69 



31 



69 



31 



Totals • 



1262 



660 



124 



56 



276 



140 



48 



7 



516 



403 



35 



22 



60 



40 



74 



26 



Total number, 3,549. 



The Spawning Season — 



1 . The first salmon seen spawning was on 29th October 1902, but a pair of 



sea-trout were seen on 4th October. 



2. From second week in December to middle of January. 



3. About 15th February 1903. 



4. In November 3"7 inches above summer level, in December 1 ft. 4 ins., 



January 2 ft. 5 ins., February 2 ft. 4 ins. above summer level. 

 Average for whole time 2 ft. above summer level. 



5. About the usual. 



6. Tweed — particularly from Peebles upwards : — Manor Water, Holms 



Water, Biggar Water, Stanhope Bum, Lyne, Tarth, Ettrick, Leader, 

 Teviot, Ale and Rule, Till and Whitadder. 



Kelts— 



1. On 26th October 1902. 



2. February. 



3. End of May. 



4. About 2 feet above summer level (average). 



S molts — 



1. March, April, and May. 



2. Good average. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



Yes, supported by private enterprise. Situated on the Duddo Burn about 

 two miles above Cornhill-on-Tweed. 230,000 ova were secured, of 

 w T hich 217,912 were successfully hatched. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



From actual enumeration of the diseased fish taken out the proportions are 

 — Males, 60 per cent.; females, 40 per cent. From returns of fish seen 

 spawning there is a slight preponderance of males. 

 The Secretary of the Berwick Salmon Fishery Company estimates the pro- 

 portion (of fish taken by them) to be three females to every male. 



