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Mr Young's Report of 1888, ...... vii 



Salmon Fishing Season of 1888 not a successful one, . . .vii 



Number of Boxes of Scotch salmon sent to Billingsgate, . . .vii 



Estimated Value of Scotch Salmon Fishings for 1888, . . .vii 



Fishings on the Tay, ....... vii 



Alteration of close time on the Tay, ..... viii 



Rivers whose close time has been altered during 1888, . . . viii 



Sparling Smacks on Tay, . • •• • • ■ ■ v ^ 



Obstructions made passable on West Coast of Sutherland, . . viii 



Salmon Fishery Law and Legislation, ..... viii 



Defects of the Salmon Fishery Acts of 1862 and 1868, ix 

 Illicit traffic in Scotch salmon to English and French markets . . ix 



What is required in Scotland to prevent such traffic, . ix 

 Prevention of illicit traffic in salmon in England, x 



APPENDIX. 



Seventh Annual Report to the Fishery Board for Scotland, containing an 

 account of the Salmon Rivers and Lochs in the Black Mount and other 

 parts of Argyleshire, and in Inverness-shire, Ross-shire, and Suther- 

 landshire,* ........ 1-46 



* A fuller Table of Contents will be found prefixed to this Report, page 3. 



