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Tliirty-fifth Annual Bejyort 



modern conditions are such that in no year is it at all within the 

 range of possibility that a year's catch will approach the usual catch 

 of fifty or sixty years ago. 



Tlie Inspector of Salmon Fisheries regards the situation as serious, 

 and deals with it more fully in liis report (p. 90). 



The research into the conditions of the salmon's life, which has 

 been carried on recently through a grant from the Treasury on the 

 recommendation of the Development Commissioners, has enabled us 

 to gain a considerable amount of additional information of a practical 

 kind with regard to the habits of the salmon in its varying migra- 

 tions, its infrequent spawning, and long periods of sea life. Owing 

 to the war conditions this research came to an end last year. Thirty 

 returns from District Fishery Boards as to the local conditions of the 

 fisheries have been received by the Inspector, as usual. These are 

 not being published at the present time. 



The following table gives the rentals, since the year 1900, of five 

 important districts in Scotland : — 



Year. 



Tweed. 



Tay. 



N. Esk. 



Dee. 



Spey. 





£ 







£ 



£ 



1900 





22.548 



6,510 



18.989 





1901 . 





22.558 



6,466 



19.418 



8,608 



1902 





22,663 



6.494 



19.455 



8.146 



1903 . 



15.338 



22.648 



6.494 



18.393 



8.147 



1904 



15.439 



23.099 



6,494 



19.078 



7,396 



1905 



15.499 



22.675 



6.489 



19,332 



8,364 



1906 



15,499 



22,838 



6,485 



19.068 



8,740 



1907 



15.732 



23.202 



6,490 



18.940 



8.990 



1908 



16.093 



23,508 



6,474 



18,893 



9,243 



1909 



16.092 



23.715 



6,614 



18.335 



9,396 



1910 . 



16,130 



23,861 



7,620 



17,883 



9.139 



1911 



16,130 



23,873 



7,617 



18,005 



9,129 



1912 



16,050 



23.586 



7,597 



17.990 



10,304 



1913 



15.930 



23,584 



7,597 



18,153 



11,228 



1914 



15.936 



24.399 



7.745 



18.784 



11,508 



1915 



16.104 



24.105 



7.830 



18.953 



11.22G 



1916 



16.124 



23-622 



7.637 



18,641 



9.844 



Sealing of Saijsiox by the Fishmongees' Company. 



The Fishmongers' Company of London have continued their 

 practice of affixing seals to salmon which are to be put in cold 

 store so that they may be sold in the close season. The following 

 return, which has been furnished by the Company, shows the scale 

 upon which this operation is now carried on. 



