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4. Yes ; unless for a time in summer when water very low. 



5. No. 



6. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No steps taken. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 1. No. 

 4. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. November 8th. 



2. Between November 20th and December 25th. 



3. About January 12th. 



4. Between low and half-flood. 



5. About an average. 



6. The Nairn and Inverern. 



Kelts— 



1. About 1st February. 



2. In March. 



3. About 1st April. 



4. Half-flood. 



S molts — 



1. From 20th April to 1st June. 



2. No. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



Upon an estimate there are 5 per cent, more female than male salmon. 



General Question — 



Attention may be drawn to the destruction done to the smolts by wild birds 

 in small rivers when migrating to the sea. 



(The birds referred to are the black-headed gull, the black-backed 

 gull, and the water ousel.) 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER NESS. 



Take of Fish— 



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



2. About 33,000. (a), (b\ and (c) No details. 



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



4. Information cannot be obtained. 



5. (a) Salmon, 42 lbs.; (b) salmon, 40 lbs.; (c) salmon, 39 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £3510 5s.. 



2. Is. 9d. per £. 



3. One superintendent, three permanent, and three temporary watchers. 



4. Yes ; against a crew of Cromarty fishermen for fishing with a small- 



meshed sweep-net and killing fish of the salmon kind. Conviction 

 obtained, and crew fined £3 each, with 16s. expenses, or fourteen days' 

 imprisonment. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. No dams destroyed or built. 



2. No cruives. 



3. None. 



