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Report on Salmon f isheries. 



were, under normal conditions, fit for all the primary uses; and that 

 the defender has no right to pollute the waters by discharges of the 

 waste products of the distillery. Consideration of application for 

 interdict against the proved pollution was, however, delayed till 

 the effect of certain remedial works executed by the defender 

 should be tested. The First Division, when this interlocutor was 

 reclaimed against, adhered to the declaratory findings under the 

 two first heads, in so far as these related to the pursuers other 

 than Mrs. Kinloch Grant, Arndilly ; and in regard to Mrs. Kinloch 

 Grant, found that the defender had no right or title to discharge 

 into the Ringorm Burn any impure matter prejudicial to the 

 salmon fishings of Mrs. Kinloch Grant. The findings of the Lord 

 President, and of Lord Kinnear on a special point in the case, are 

 p &8. fully quoted in Note IV. appended. 



The deplorable state of matters with regard to the salmon 

 fishings of the river Nith, referred to by Mr. Archer in last year's 

 report, seems still to continue. Very little has been done, so far as 

 reports from the district show, to bring the sixteen obstructions, 

 referred to on page 10 of Mr. Archer's report, into harmony with 

 the provisions of Schedule G of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) 

 Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vic. cap. 123). 

 Annual Close In Note VI. of the Appendices will be found a list of the dates of 

 JJ^f the commencement and termination of the annual close times for 



net and for rod fishings in the various salmon rivers in Scotland. 

 List of In Note VII. of the Appendices a list is given of the Chair- 



G&tt men and Clerks of the Salmon Fishery District Boards of Scotland. 

 District This list contains two additions to the list of 1897, viz., Snizort 

 Bo £j ds - and Sligachan. These two Skye Boards have arranged to supervise 

 the fresh-water fisheries of the Island by means of a combined force 

 of watchers. 



investigations The scientific investigations into the Life History of the Salmon 

 on the Life reported upon last year have been continued with a view to 

 •^hrmnu ° f the completion. The results are, however, not yet ready for publication. 



We again desire to express our thanks to the noblemen and 

 gentlemen who have kindly supplied fish for examination in the 

 Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh. 



We have the honour to be, 



Your Lordship's most obedient servants, 



ANGUS SUTHERLAND, Chairman. 



D. CRAWFORD, Deputy-Chairman. 



D'ARCY W. THOMPSON. 



J. RITCHIE WELCH. 



W. R. DUGUID. 



ARCHIBALD JAMESON. 



L. MILLOY. 



WM. C. ROBERTSON, Secretary. 



