TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FISHERY 

 BOARD FOR SCOTLAND. 



PAGE. 



Table of Weights of Salmon carried by Scottish Railways and 



Steamships, ....... vi 



Table of Boxes of Scottish Salmon sent to Billingsgate from 1884 



to 1899, with average prices, ..... vii 

 Table of Billingsgate Salmon Returns from all sources for the year 



1899, . . . . . . . . viii 



Table of Boxes of Scottish Salmon sent to Billingsgate from 1834 



to 1899, . . . . . . . . ix 



Salmon Disease in 1899, ...... ix 



Inspections during 1899, ...... x 



Number and Cost of Fixed Nets for catching Salmon on the Coasts 



of Scotland, ....... x 



Reports for Salmon Fishery Districts, .... x 



Report on a Cruive with a " Mid-stream " Slap, ... x 



Correspondence as to Remeasurement of Estuaries, ... x 



Report of Investigations on Life-History of Salmon, . . x 



Receipts and Expenditure of District Fishery Boards, . . x 



Rateable Value of Salmon Fisheries, .... x 



Annual Close Times, . . . . . . xi 



List of Chairmen and Clerks of District Fishery Boards, . . xi 



Annual Report of the Inspector of Salmon Fisheries for 

 Scotland, . . . . . . 1 



I. The Coast Salmon Fisheries of Scotland, ... 15 

 II. Reports from District Fishery Boards, ... 34 



III. On the Existence, in Scotland, of a Cruive with a " Mid- 



stream " Slap, ...... 74 



IV. Correspondence between the Clerk of the District Fishery 



Board for the River Bervie and the Inspector of Salmon 

 Fisheries of Scotland, regarding Fixing the Limits of the 

 Estuary of the River Bervie, .... 78 



