of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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I give l)elow the returns from the Naver, Borgie, and Hope, from" 1865 

 to 1872, both inclusive : — 



Naveu. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 



lbs. 



3,787 

 2,340 

 3,334 

 3,908 



lbs. 

 4,140 

 6,242 

 14,965 

 2,421 



1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



lbs. 



3,304 

 2,953 

 2,955 

 3,700 



lbs. 



3,262 

 4,901 

 6,216 

 8,067 



1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 



lbs. 



3,372 

 5,977 

 6,309 

 5,076 



lbs. 

 10,086 

 18,771 

 13,408 

 10,137 



Borgie. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 



lbs. 

 3,611 

 1,747 

 1,697 

 1,995 



lbs. 

 3,731 

 5,977 

 5,969 

 1,777 



1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



lbs. 

 2,460 

 1,211 

 1,449 

 862 



lbs. 

 4,173 

 2,865 

 2,963 

 1,970 



1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 



lbs. 

 1,576 

 4,189 

 2,408 

 1,273 



lbs. 

 5,376 

 15,765 

 5,566 

 3,944 



Hope. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Year. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



1865 

 1866 

 1867 

 1868 



2,468 

 1,905 

 2,544 

 3,395 



lbs. 



5,314 

 8,776 

 8,359 

 3,395 



1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



lbs. 

 1,871 



2,396 

 2,653 

 not 



lbs. 



4,352 

 2,756 

 3,941 

 fished 



1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 



lbs. 

 1.799 

 2,250 

 2,301 

 1,894 



lbs. 



3,356 

 9,434 

 3,246 

 6,031 



The netting was carried on in the Kyle of Tongue by bag-nets ; in 

 the districts of the Borgie, Naver, Strathy, and Halladale by both 

 bag-nets and draft-nets. The number of bag-nets has decreased in the 

 Naver and Borgie districts ; has increased in those of the Halladale and 

 Strathy, and also in Armadale Bay, The system of protection might 

 be more effective than it is at present, which would be to the advantage 

 of the fisheries. The river watchers are men employed by the 

 Duke of Sutherland, and paid by him. There are no District Boards 

 on any of the above rivers ; but the Duke of Sutherland, being the sole 

 proprietor, is entitled to act as a District Board, under the 19th section 

 of 4 The Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1862,' which provides that { if 

 ' there shall be only one proprietor in any district, such proprietor shall 

 1 have and may exercise all the powers by this Act conferred on the 

 1 District Board.' 



I select the following from the answers to the printed queries with 

 which I have been favoured by Mr Box : — 



I. 



Annual Close Time. 



From Loch Emboli to the Sutherland and Caithness boundary : — 

 1. The Kiver Hope not fished with net and coble, nor any fixed nets contiguous 

 to the river. 



Talmin Bay, Kyle of Tongue, four fixed nets. Fishing begins on the 1st May, 

 closes 26th August. 



