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Appendices to Twenty-second Annual Report 



Protection — 



1. £3565. 



2. Ten per cent. 

 3 Nine. 



4. Seven prosecutions raised — in five cases accused convicted and fined, one 

 case being found not proven, and the remaining case withdrawn. 

 Offences were for using drag nets, illegal netting, &c. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. No cruives in use. Dams and hecks worked in accordance with bye-laws. 



3. None during the year. 



4. Yes. 



5. None. 



6. None. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No steps taken or found to be necessary. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Yes. Appeared first in August. At its height in November. Not yet 



quite disappeared. 



2. About 18 inches above ordinary size. 



3. Number taken out during the season, 311 — one male for every two 



females being proportion of male and female diseased fish. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 12th October 1902. 



2. Between about 1st November and middle of December. 



3. End of December. 



4. Eighteen inches above usual size. 



5. About an average. 



6. On main river — Aldbar, Finavon, Tannadyce, New Mill, and Cortachy, 



and tributary of Prosen. 



Kelts— 



1. 9th December. 



2. During month of March. 



3. About 29th April. 



4. River almost continuously in flood. 



Smolts — 



1. From 23rd April to end of May. 



2. Fairly good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



Two males for one female. This statement based on estimate. 



[Compare with Answer 3 under salmon disease. — W.L.C.] 



General Question — 



It may be noted that the Town of Arbroath has applied for a Provisional 

 Order to take a water supply from the River Noran, one of the chief 

 tributaries of the River South Esk. As the scheme is considered to be 

 prejudicial to the salmon fisheries in the district and would materially 

 reduce the supply of water to salmon ladders in dam dykes, especially 

 during summer and autumn seasons, the District Board as well as 

 river proprietors have presented petitions against the application. 

 Nothing else occurs to be mentioned. 



