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Appendices to Twenty -second Annual Report 



The Spawning Season — 



1. See Superintendent's Annual Report. 



2. 15th October till 20th November. 



3. About end of March. 



4. Various. 



5 and 6. See Superintendent's Annual Report, 

 molts — 



1. April till July. 



2. See Superintendent's Annual Report 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 See Superintendent's Annual Report. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



No discrepancy was detected during spawning season. 



Office -bearers — 



The Chairman, His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G., having 

 died on 27th September 1903, has been succeeded in that office by the 

 present Duke. 



Superintendent's Annual Report for year ending 26th August 1902, sub- 

 mitted to the meeting held in Elgin on 21st October 1903: — 



I. — Salmon Spawning. 



The following Table show the dates of the first appearance of salmon 

 spawning beds, and the number seen by bailiffs during the last three 

 spawning seasons, on the following named streams or tributaries : — 



Name of Stream. 

 Fiddich 

 Avon 

 Livet 

 Conglass 

 Lochy 

 Dulnain 

 Nethy 

 Druie 

 Feshie 

 Tromie 

 Truim 



1900. 



Spawning Commenced 



- 10th October 



- 12th ,, 



9th ,, 



- 11th ,, 



8th ,, 



- nth „ 



- 13th ,, 



- 16th ,, 



- 12th „ 



- 19th ,, 



- 18th 



Spey (above Laggan, Badenoch) 10th 



Name of Stream. 



Fiddich 



Avon 



Livet 



Conglass 



Lochy 



Dulnain 



Nethy 



Druie 



Feshie 



Tromie 



Truim 



Total Spawning Beds, 

 1901. 



Spawning Commenced 



11th October 

 12th „ 



- 10th „ 



9th 



- 9th „ 



- 15th 

 15th „ 



- 14th 

 12th „ 

 15th „ 

 14th 



Spey (above Laggan, Badenoch) 8th 



No. of Beds 

 for Season. 



680 

 1,091 

 1,942 



480 



207 



838 



422 



185 



931 



186 



229 



153 



7,344 



No. of Beds 

 for Season. 

 525 

 1,029 

 1,392 

 393 

 156 

 608 

 301 

 184 

 527 

 182 

 142 

 149 



Total Spawning Beds, 



5,588 



