of the Fishery Board for Scotland: 



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ANSWERS TO THE FOREGOING QUESTIONS. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER FORTH. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (6), (c), and (d) Below the average throughout the district. 



2. (a), (6), and (c) No. The tacksmen refuse to give any information. 



3. («) 11th February ; (b) June, July, and August ; (c) grilse in June, July, 



and August, and sea-trout all the fishing season. 



4. (a) and (b) See answer to No. 2. The percentage cannot be given, but 



there is no doubt a great many more fish are taken by fixed engines 

 than by net and coble. 



5. (a) 48 lbs.: (b) 56 lbs.; (c) 32 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £3,791 14s. 4d. 



2. 2s. 6d. per £. 



3. One superintendent and eleven bailiffs. 



4. Yes. Taking fish by small mesh nets, gaffing, jigger ing, fishing with 



salmon and other roe and contravening bye-law (Schedule F). Con- 

 victions obtained in every case but one. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. Nothing done. 



2. Yes. An offender was prosecuted for contravening bye-law (Schedule F) 



at Craigforth Oruive in the River Forth. He was convicted. 



3. No. 



4. At the outlet works from Loch Venacher into the Teith, constructed by 



the Glasgow Corporation under the Waterworks Act of 1855, the 

 Corporation are bound to construct the outlet thereby directed to be 

 made so that salmon may at all times, or during such periods as water 

 shall be discharged, freely pass into or from the loch. The works, in 

 the opinion of the salmon fishery proprietors, are not constructed in 

 terms of this obligation, which applies also to Loch Katrine outlet 

 under the same Act. 



5. No. 



6. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — * 



1. Yes. 1st December, 1897. End of January. April, 1898. 



2. Very high. 



3. No. 



4. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. • 16th November, 1897. • - 



2. In December, 1897. 



3. About 15th January, 1898. 



4. Very high. 



5. About the same. 



6. Teith, Allan, and Forth. ; :. 



Kelts— 



1. 10th December, 1897. 

 - 2. February and March, 1898. 



3. End of April, 1898. 



4. Very high. 



