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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Report 



Smolts — 



1. Between the middle of April and the end of May. 



2. Fair. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



An old hatchery at Inverugie was last year repaired and put in working 

 order, but owing to heavy flooding of the river during the spawning 

 season no salmon could be caught, and consequently no ova were got. 

 30 Loch Leven trout ova were bought and put into the hatchery, and 

 have been all successfully hatched. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Five males to three females, based on estimate. 



General Questions — 

 None. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER DEVERON. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (d) Below the average. 



2. No. 



3. (a) 11th February; (6) February, March, and August ; (c) July. 

 5. (a) 31 lbs.; (b) 46^ lbs.; (c) 29 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £2,979 2s. 7d. 



2. For protection, 2s. 2fd. ; for repayment of loan and interest, 3s. 5|d ; in 



all, 5s. 8d. per £. 



3. Nine. 



4. Three cases of illegal fishing. Fined 30s. with 7s. of expenses each, and 



implements forfeited. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



The cruive dyke belonging to His Grace the Duke of Fife was removed on 

 11th February, 1898. The early net fishing was not prejudicially 

 affected thereby. Later in the season the net fishing was not so success- 

 ful. A few early fish were caught by the rod in the upper reaches. 

 The autumn rod fishing was a failure throughout the entire river. 



Pollutions. 



The sewage of Keith and the discharges of some distilleries and a cloth factory 

 falling into the Isla, have led to complaints of the pollution of that 

 tributary of the Deveron, but its effect was never visible on the 

 river. A new system of drainage for the town, which will include the 

 disposal of the distillery and other refuse referred to, will be adopted 

 early, and any ground of complaint will thus be removed. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Yes, very little. 



2. Low. 



3. December, 66 ; January, 47 ; February, 40 ; March, 20. 10 per cent. 



female. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 20th October. 



2. 1st November and 31st December. 



3. 31st January. 



4. Flood, half-flood, and low. 



5. About the average. 



6. Generally throughout the district. 



