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Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



Monthly A monthly return of the number of boxes from all sources 



£tottish° f received at Billingsgate has been, as hitherto, kindly furnished by 

 salmon sent to the Fishmongers' Company. The column referring to Scotland 

 Billingsgate. gives the following totals : — Ian., — ; Feb., 525; March, 866: 

 April, 809; May, 1,430; .June, 2,668; July, 4,166; August, 3,169 ; 

 Sept., 487, and 18 frozen; Oct., 20 frozen; Nov., 14 frozen ; Dec-, 

 2 frozen ; total, 14,174. Prices varied from 2s. 4d. per lb. in April, 

 to Is. 4d. in July and August, the frozen salmon being from Is. 9d. 

 to Is. lid. per lb. 



Table Showing Number of 

 Billingsgate each 

 inclusive : — 



Boxes of Scottish Salmon delivered at 

 Month for the Years 1884 to 1898 



Table of Boxes 

 of Scottish 

 Salmon sent 

 toBillingsg-ute 

 in each 

 month. 



.Month 



January, . 

 February. 

 March, 

 April, 

 May, . . 

 . I une, . . 

 July, . . 

 August, . 

 September. 



Do., 

 October, . 

 November, 

 December, 



Total, . 



818 

 1,071 

 1,410 

 2,385 

 3,540 

 7,949 

 6,094 



526 



1394; 1895. 1896. 



327 

 692 

 887 

 1,745 

 3,078 

 4,464 

 3,968 

 328 



400 

 1,207 

 1,160 

 2.567 

 4,611 

 9,066 

 5.694 



659 



822 

 1,385 

 1,580 

 2,376 

 3,595 

 7,450 

 4.477 



750 



,7^9)15,489 25,364 22,435 16,284 14,174 



189' 



773 

 724 

 1.038 

 2,311 

 3,127 

 5,081 

 3,001 

 213 



1898. 



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525 

 866 

 809 

 1,430 

 2,668 

 4,166 

 3,169 

 487 

 18 

 *20 



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2 



1 94 

 1 8£ 

 1 9| 

 1 8" 

 I 4| 



0 11£ 



1 1 

 1 10 



2 0i 



2 5£ 



2 2* 



1 6~ 



1 4| 



1 10 



2 1 



2 4 

 2 0 



2 11 



*i 9 



* Frozen salmon. 



l' 13. The answers to the queries issued to Clerks of District Fishery 



Boards show also that, with the exception of the Ness and, in 

 part, the Ythan, the fishing has been below the average. These 

 answers will be found in Note I. appended. 



The Spawning [f the reports concerning the take of salmon show an unfortunate 



Season . . 



decline, the reports from the various Fishery District Boards seem 

 to indicate that while the lack of water experienced in almost all 

 our salmon rivers impeded the free entry of fish for most of the 

 season, the full condition of the rivers in the autumn and early 

 winter months enabled large numbers of spawning fish to ascend, 

 and become freely distributed in many of the rivers. Only in a 

 very few districts is the spawning season described as rather under 

 the average. Eeports such as "a good average," "fully an average," 

 and " much above average," are more frequent (vide Note I. 

 Appendix). 



Disease ^° c ^ sease ^ s reported from most of the rivers flowing directly from 



rocky and mountainous country, as, for instance, the Ness, Lochy, 

 Findhorn, Nairn, Dee (Aberdeenshire), Kennart, Balgay, and Lussa. 

 Lowland rivers which appear to have escaped are the Ayr, Doon, Dee 

 (Solway), Girvan, and Cree. In the rivers of East Sutherlandshire 



