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Appendices to Seventeenth Annual Report 



Protection — 



1. £781 5s. 



2. No assessment imposed for this year. 



3. One man employed and paid by the Board, and over twenty gamekeepers 



sworn in as special watchers. 



4. Yes. (1) Fishing during annual close time — one man fined £2 10s., or 21 



days' imprisonment ; two men, £2 10s. each, or 14 days ; one man, 

 £4 10s., or a month's imprisonment ; one man, case withdrawn. (2) 

 Using drag hooks — One man fined £6 10s., or a month. (3) Having 

 gaff hook in possession with intent — One man fined £2 14s., or 14 days; 

 case withdrawn against a second. (4) Contravention of Solway Act — 

 i.e., fishing without leave — Three men, but case withdrawn on a conten- 

 tion of civil right. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. No alteration. 



2. One cruive in the district is substantially in accordance with the bye- 



law ; most of the dams are not. 



3. No. 



4. Yes, when the fish are running, after a flood ; but, when the rivers are 



low, the passes do not facilitate the passage of fish. 

 5 and 6. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. Pollution may be increasing owing to extension of the town (Dumfries), 



the sewage from it all running into the river. 



2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Very little ; it was only in March, and a few kelts were affected. 



2. Low, when it was seen. 



3. None taken. 



4. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. In October. 



2. From middle of December to middle of February. 



3. About end of March. 



4. Fish only spawn after a flood, and not when river is low. 



5. Much less. 



6. There are spawning streams all along its course. 



Kelts— 



1. March. 



2. May. 



3. In beginning of June. 



4. Kelts only go to the sea when the river is rising to a flood, or at least, 



rising. 



Smolts — 



1. April and Mav. 



2. No. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



None belonging to the Board ; but there is Mr Armistead's private hatchery 

 at Newabbey. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Cannot be given. 



General Question — 

 No. 



