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Appendices to Twenty -second Annual Report 



The Salmon Disease — 

 1. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 5th September. 



2. Between 1st November and 7th December 



3. About the end of December. 



4. In flood the most of the time. 



5. About the usual. 



6. Carron, O.ykell, and Cassley. 



Kelts— 



1. 25th November. 



2. March and April. 



3. In June. 



4. In flood most of the time. 



Smolts— 



1. In May. 



2. Yes. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon- 

 Yes, one supported by the District Board, namely, at Culrain, for which 

 140,000 ova were secured. There is also one supported by private 

 enterprise, namely, by Mr. Carnegie of Skibo, on his estate ; but the 

 number of ova secured for it is not known, but is believed to be less 

 than the previous year. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No. 



General Question — 



It is recommended that future legislation should make it imperative on 

 lessees and proprietors of fishings to provide to the Clerk of the 

 District Board yearly, and at any other time when called upon, the 

 numbers, weight, and sex of fish caught, as also under a penalty to 

 keep daily a register disclosing this information, the same to be open 

 for inspection by the Clerk or other official of the Board at all 

 reasonable times. 



SUTHERLAND— EAST AND WEST COAST DISTRICTS. 

 [West Coast returns in italics.] 



Take of Fish— 



1. Below the average. 



2. (a) 1204 salmon, 247 grilse, 194 trout ; (b) 1356 salmon, 2970 grilse, 



274 trout; (c) Helmsdale, 1138 fish ; Brora, 449 fish. 



3. (a) Helmsdale, 27th January; Brora, 11th February ; Eearly in June on 



West Coast ; (6) March and April by rods ; April and May by net and 

 coble ; West Coast, July ; (c) May onwards. 



4. (a) February, salmon 6 3 per cent.; March, salmon 16*2 per cent.; 



April, salmon 38 - 2 per cent. ; May, salmon 20*6 per cent., grilse 2*4 

 per cent, trout 4*1 per cent. ; June, salmon 8*2 per cent., grilse 19*0 

 per cent., trout 46 - 9 per cent. ; July, salmon 6"5 per cent., grilse 

 44'6 per cent., trout 46*9 per cent ; August, salmon 4*0 per cent., 

 grilse 34*0 per cent., trout 2*1 per cent. — 100 per cent. ; (b) March, 

 salmon '6 per cent. ; April, salmon 1+' 6 per cent. ; May, salmon 2\'0 per 

 cent., grilse '1 per cent. ; June, salmon 39' 0 per cent., grilse 21 '6 per 

 cent.; July, salmon 25 '8 per cent., grilse 66'0 per cent.; August, 

 salmon 6'0 per cent., grilse 12'3 per cent. — 100 per cent. 



5. (b) West Coast, 37 lbs. ; (c) East Coast 35 lbs. ; West Coast 29 lbs. 

 6 No. 



