of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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3. (a) 1st of March ; (6) month of July ; (c) grilse and trout about the 1st 



of June. 



4. (a) and (b) Below the average. 



5. (a) The heaviest salmon was 30 lbs. ; trout, 7 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £1603. 



2. £80 3s. 



3. Fourteen to sixteen watchers. 



4. None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. None. 



2. No dams or cruives in our district on the Dee. 



3. None that I know of. 



4. Free passage at all times. 



5. None. 



6. No changes that I know of. 



Pollutions— 



1 and 2. Not that I know of. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1 and 2. No disease in our district this year. 



3. We had no disease in our river. 



4. No remarks to make. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. The 7th of November. 



2. Between the 7th November and end of December. 



3. The 1st of January 1899. 



4. I took no observations. 



5. Below the average. 



6. Tarff, Dee, and Ken. 



Kelts— 



1. The month of March. 



2. The end of March. 



3. End of April. 



4. I could not say. 



Smolts — 



1. From April to the end of May. 



2. No. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



Messrs. Anderson & Son, 29 Castle Street, Edinburgh, have a hatchery 

 on the Dee at Tongland for the propagation of salmon ; in 1897 there 

 were 120,000, in 1898 200,000, and this year 150,000. 



General Question — 



I have no other remarks to make. A net may be drawn occasionally by a 

 proprietor in the upper water, but no fishing of any consequence by 

 this means. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER NITH, 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (6), (c)/'and (d) Much below the average. 



2. (a), (6), and (c) Cannot be given. 



3. Clean*fish are caught as soon as the fishings open on 24th February ; but 



afterwards, from about middle of March, no clean fish are got till the 

 sea-trout begin to run in April. 



4. (a) and (6) Cannot be got. 



5. (a) 43 lbs. ; (6) 25 lbs. ; (c) 25 lbs. 



