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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Report 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



General Question — 

 No. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER CREE. 



Take of Fish— 



1. No special information, but the general opinion is that the take has been 



much below the average. 



2. No. 



3. 4, and 5. No information. 



Protection — 



1. £796. 



2. £59 14s., being the assessment at Is. 6d. per £. 



3. Two. 



4. No. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. The old dam dyke above Douglas High School, Newton-Stewart, has been 



rebuilt and raised in height, but it does not extend across the whole 

 river. 



2. Yes. 



3. No. 



4. Yes. 



5. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. Towards the end of 1898 operations were commenced in connection with 



the new drainage scheme of Newton-Stewart. The sewage is to be 

 conveyed in pipes to filtration tanks situated about half a mile below 

 the town, and after passing through the tanks will come out purified so 

 that no pollution shall pass into the river, and the river will be freed 

 from all possible pollution. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 1. No disease. 



The Spawning Season- 

 No information. 



Kelts- 

 No information. 



I 



Smolts — 



No information. 



Artificial Propagation of Saini 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon- 

 No. 



General Question — 

 No. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER DEE (SOLWAY). 

 Take of Fish— 



1. (a) In tidal waters, below the average ; (b) in fresh water, do. ; (c) by 



fixed engines, do. ; (d) generally throughout the district, do. 



2. (a), (5), and (c) I could not say. 



