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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Report 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



No specific information as to this, but proportions believed to be about 

 equal. 



General Question — 



One very special grievance on the Don is at Stonywood Paper M1II3, be- 

 longing to Messrs. Pirie & Sons, Limited, where, at the normal level of 

 the river, by reason of the abstraction of water for the mills, about 250 

 yards of the river is practically completely dried night and day during 

 the six working days of the week, and partially so even on Sundays. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER YTHAN. 



Take of Fish— 



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



2. (a) and (6) No ; (c) about 70 salmon. 



3. (a) 25th February; (b) and (c) August. 



4. The tenants will not give information on these points. 



5. (a) The tenants will not give information on these points ; (6) 41 lbs. 



salmon, lOf lbs. sea-trout ; (c) 26 lbs. salmon. 



Protection — 



1. £1,298 10s. 



2. £-121759 per £ (a little over 2s. od.). 



3. One all the year round. Four assistants from autumn to spring. 



4. Five — and in each case a conviction was obtained. Two were for being 



in possession of foul fish ; one for "burning the water," and two for 

 trying to catch fish by means of a spear or gaff. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. We have no cruives. 



3. None. 



4. The intake on Ebrie Burn at Meal Mill of Kinharrachy does not afford 



a free passage to salmon wishing to ascend. 



5. None. 



6. None. 



Pollutions — 



1. None. 



2. Unnecessary to take any steps. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Yes ; December, 1897 ; January, 1898. April. 



2. River was very low during disease. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 2nd November, 1897. 



2. From 15th December to 1st January. 



3. About beginning of February. 



4. The river was high during first part of spawning season. 



5. About same as usual. 



6. Ythan, Fordoun, Little Water, Ebrie, and Bronie. 



Kelts— 

 3. May. 



Smolts— 



1. First week of May. 



2. Very good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 

 None, 



