Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



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For purposes of further comparison, although the practice of 

 distributing salmon direct from fishing stations in Scotland to 

 markets other than Billingsgate is on the increase, the following 

 Table is given : — 



Table showing the Number of Boxes of Scottish Salmon sent to 

 Billingsgate from 1834 to 1899 inclusive : — 



Year. 



Boxes of Salmon. 



Year. 



Boxes of Salmon. 



1834 



30,650 



1867 



23,006 



1835 



42,330 



1868 



28,020 



1836 



24,570 



1869 



20,474 



1837 



32,300 



1870 



20,648 



1838 



21,400 



1871 



23,390 



1839 



16,340 



1872 



24,404 



1840 



L5,160 



1873 



30,181 



1841 



28,500 



1874 



32,180 



1842 



39,417 



1875 



20,375 



1843 



30,300 



1876 



34,655 



1844 



28,178 



1877 



28,189 



1845 



31,062 



1878 



26,465 



1846 



25,510 



1879 



13,929 



1847 



20,112 



1880 



17,457 



1848 



22,525 



1881 



23,905 



1849 



23,690 



1882 



22,968 



1850 



13,940 



1883 



35,506 



1851 



11,593 



1884 



27,219 



1852 



13,044 



1885 



30,362 

 23,407 



1853 



19,485 



1886 



1854 



23,194 



1887 



26,907 



1855 



18,197 



1888 



22,857 



1856 



15,438 



1889 



21,101 



1857 



18,654 



1890 



18,931 



1858 



21,564 



1891 



25,889 



1859 



15,823 



1892 



21,919 



1860 



15,870 



1893 



18,903 



1861 



12,337 



1894 



15,489 



1862 



22,796 

 24,297 



1895 



25,364 



1863 



1896 



22,435 

 16,284 



1864 



22,603 



1897 



1865 



19,009 



1898 



14,174 



1866 



21,725 



1899 



15,411 



Table of Boxes 

 of Scottish 

 Salmon sent to 

 Billingsgate 

 from 1834 to 

 1899 inclusive. 



Eeports from rivers seem to indicate that during the past year Salmon 

 disease has not been excessive. From the following rivers " no Dl6ease - 

 disease " is reported : — Bervie, Dee (Aberdeen), Dee (Solway), 

 Deveron, Findhorn, Nairn, Ness, Conon, Alness, Kyle of 

 Sutherland, rivers of north coast of Sutherland, rivers of west 

 coast of Sutherland, Kennart, Lochy, Ayr, Doon, Girvan, 

 Stinchar, and Cree. On the east coast of Sutherland only 

 one diseased fish was noticed, as also in the river Balgay and in 

 the Snizort of Skye. In the North Esk one grilse was found dead. 

 In the South Esk 48 diseased fish were seen. The numbers of fish 

 affected are not given in the case of both the Tay and the Forth. 



