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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Beport 



The Salmon Disease — 

 1. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 3rd September. 



2. 9th October and 5th December. 



3. 25th December. 



4. High. 



5. Somewhat more than usual. 



6. Rivers Shin, Oykell, Carron, Blackwater, and Evelix. 



Kelts— 



2. March. 



3. May. 



4. In flood. 



Smolts — 



1. 20th May. 



2. Yes. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No. 



General Question — 



For the better regulation and development of the fisheries the Kyle net- 

 fishings are now carried on by a syndicate. 



SUTHERLAND, EAST AND WEST COAST DISTRICTS. 



Take of Fish— 



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



2. (a) 1022 salmon, 349 grilse, 230 trout ; (b) 3037 salmon, 8066 grilse, 949 



trout ; (c) Helmsdale, 667 fish ; Brora, 380 fish ; Fleet, 40 fish. 



3. (a) January; (6) March ; (c) June and July. 



4. (a) February, salmon 17*61 per cent.; March, salmon 37 "78 percent.; 



April, salmon 14*78 per cent.; May., salmon 10'18 per cent., grilse 0*86 

 per cent.; June, salmon 13*40 per cent., grilse 36*96 per cent., trout 

 56-96 per cent.; July, salmon 3*42 per cent., grilse 38*97 per cent., 

 trout 16*09 per cent.; August, salmon 2*83 per cent., grilse 23*21 per 

 cent., trout 26*95 per cent. (6) February, salmon 1*32 per cent. ; 

 March, salmon 4*34 per cent.; April, salmon 10-21 per cent., grilse 

 0*01 per cent, trout 6*75 per cent.; May, salmon 20*97 per cent., grilse 

 0*46 per cent., trout 10*23 per cent.; June, salmon 32*20 per cent., 

 grilse 34*07 per cent.; trout 35*91 per cent.; July, salmon 25*33 per 

 cent., grilse 58*40 per cent., trout 40*47 per cent.; August, salmon 

 5*63 per cent, grilse 7*06 per cent, trout 6*64 per cent. 



5. (a) 34 lbs.; (6) not known ; (c) 24 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £1855. 



2. No assessment. 



3. Four, in addition to keepers, who are bound to assist in watching. 



4. None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 

 1. None. 



3. No. 



4. Yes. 



5. No. 



6. No. 



