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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Report 



4. Various. 



5 and 6. See Report. 



Kelts— 



2. December. 



3. July. 



4. Various. 



Smolts — 



1. April, May, June, July, and August. 



2. See Report. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 See Report. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 See Report. 



General Question — 

 No. 



The following is a copy of the Superintendent's Annual Report for the 

 year ending 26th August 1898, submitted to the Meeting of the Spey District 

 Board held at Elgin on 21st October, 1898 :— 



L — Salmon Spawning. 



The following Table shows the dates of the first appearance of Salmon 

 Spawning Beds, and the number seen by bailiffs during the last three 

 spawning seasons on the following named streams or tributaries : — 



1895. 



Name of Stream 



Spawning Commenced. 



No. of Beds 

 for Season. 



Fiddich 



1st October 



715 



Avon 



- 15th 



>) 



y i 



1550 



Livet 



- 16th 



1300 



Conglass 

 Lochy 



- 14th 



n 



273 



- 14th 



» 



90 



Dulnain 



- 15th 



11 

 11 



420 



Nethy 



11th 



429 



Druie 



- 15th 



11 



153 



Feshie 



- 14th 



5' 



812 



Tromie 



- 16th 



>' 



158 



Truim 



- 17th 



» 



11 



159 



Spey (above 



Laggan, Badenoch) 15th 



144 



Total, 



6203 Spawning Beds. 



Name of Stream. 



Fiddich - 

 Avon 

 Livet 



Conglass - 

 Lochy 

 Dulnain 

 Nethy 

 Druie 

 Feshie 

 Tromie 

 Truim 



Spey (above Laggan, Badenoch) 10th 

 Total, - 



1896. 



Spawning Commenced. 

 6th October 

 10th „ 

 14th „ 

 14th 

 22nd 



13th „ 

 15th 



13th „ 

 12th ., 

 17th „ 

 14th 



Spawning Beds 



