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Appendices to Twenty -second Annual Report 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. No new dams built or old dams altered. 



2. I know of none. 



3. No. 



4. The existing fish-passes to salmon, yes. 



5. No. 

 e. No. 



Poll lit ons— 



1. No. 



2. No pollution on the Dee. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. No disease 



2. I cannot say. 



3. I have not seen any. 



The Spawnirg Season — 



1. I can give no answer to that. 



2. From the first of November to the end of December 



4. I cannot say, the river so often up and down. 



5. More this season than for a number of years. 



6. The Dee and Tarff. 



Kelts— 



1. The first of March. 



2. The end of March. 



3. The end of April. 



4. About an average. 



Smolts — 



1. The first of May. 



2. About an average. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No hatchery on the Dee. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Not ascertained. 



General Question — 

 None. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER NITH. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a) Below the average ; (6) above the average ; (c) quite the average ; 



(d) above the average. 



2. (a), (6), and (c) Cannot be ascertained. 



3. (a) April ; (6) August ; (c) June, J uly, and August. 



4. (a) and (b) Cannot be got. 



5. (a) 28 lbs. ; (b) not known ; (c) 30 lbs. 



6. More numerous than in former years. 



Protection — 



1. £554 8s. 4d. 



2. 5s. per £. 



3. One bailiff and 15 gamekeepers sworn in as special watchers. 



4. Yes. One case — two men were convicted under Section 15, Sub-section 



1, of the Act of 1868. One was fined £3 and 15s. expenses, or 21 days, 

 and the other £1 and 15s. expenses, or 14 days. Both went to prison. 



