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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Report 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



Yes ; hatchery on Cour, kept up by Lord Abinger ; 50,000 to 60,000 ova. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 About one-fourth more females than males. 



General Question — 



It is believed that there are more fixed nets outside the estuary than previ- 

 ously, and that this has a rather injurious effect. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER AWE. 

 Take of Fish— 



No record is kept of fish taken in the district. The tenants of fishings will 

 give no information as to catch, especially tenants of nets. Should say 

 1898 was a good average year. Some proprietors who have the right of 

 nets in river and loch (Awe) do not exercise that right. One does on 

 the loch. I think there was a 54-lb. fish taken in nets at mouth of 

 river last year. Fancy first run is about middle of March ; they are 

 Urchy fish. 



Protection— 



1. £877 15s. Od. 



2. £109 lis. Id. 



3. One. 



4. No prosecutions. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. No alteration in the district. 



2. Only Inverawe cruive, and that is in strict order. A grating should be 



placed on mill-lade on the Lussagan ; many young fish (smolts) killed 

 by wheel going down. There was a sort of dam placed on the mill- 

 lade on Awe some years ago. 



Pollutions — 



1. Pollution for many years by Connel Mill on Lussagan Burn. 



2. Nothing ever done to put that right. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 No disease in district. 



The Spawning Season — 



4. Too high. 



5. More, I think. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No hatchery in district. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER AYR. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. The take of fish last year was below the average both in the sea and fresh 



water. 



There are no fixed engines, and the river is not netted. 



2. It is quite impossible to ascertain number of fish taken, as the tacksman of 



the sea fishings will not give the information, and what rod fishers kill 

 cannot be ascertained. 



3. There are no spring salmon in the Ayr, and the sea trout commence to 



run in June, and the grilse about July. 



4. There are no nets and cobles used, only nets on the sea-shore. There is 



only one tacksman, and no information can be had from him. 



5. Impossible to ascertain. 



