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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Report 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. The dam dykes at the Doon-foot and at Alloway Mill were both repaired 



and the salmon passes improved. 



2. There are no cruives, and all the dams contain slaps or passages for salmon. 



3. See answer to No. 1. 



4. Fish can always now get up. 



5. No obstruction. 



Pollution — 

 1 and 2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 No disease. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. Salmon commenced to spawn in November. 



5. The spawning fish were about the usual number. 



6. The Doon affords good spawning streams. 



Kelts— 



1. The kelts come down the river in the months of February, March, and 

 April. 



3. The river is generally free from kelts by June. 



Smolts — 



1. April is the principal month. 



2. No. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No. 



General Question — 

 No. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER GIRVAN. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a) None ; (6), (c), and (d) below. 



2. (a) None ; (6) about 250 salmon, 700 grilse, 2,500 trout ; (c) cannot say, 

 \ (supposed about 3 or 4 salmon only). 



3. (a) 1st April ; (b) August ; (c) about June 15th. 

 5. (a) None ; (b) 40 lbs. ; (c) cannot tell. 



Protection — 



1. £544. 



2. None. 



3. Two. 



4. Yes. Two prosecutions of fishing with rod and line during annual close 



time. Accused fined in 30s. each. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. Yes. 



3. No. 



4. Yes, when in flood. 



5. No. 



6. Nothing done. 



Pollutions — 

 1 and 2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 1. No salmon disease. 



