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Appendices to Eighteenth Annual Report 



ANSWERS TO THE FOREGOING QUESTIONS. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER FORTH. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (b), (c), and (d) Above. 



2. («), (b), and (c) No means of knowing, the tenants always refusing to give 



information. 



3. (a) 11th February; (b) June, July, and August; (c) grilse ran during 



June, July, and August, and sea-trout all through the fishing season. 



4. (a) and (b) See answer to No. 2. 



5. (a) 32 lbs.; (6) 48 lbs.; (c) 28 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. .£3,791 14s. 4d. 



2. 2s. 6d. per £. 



3. Twelve. * 



4. — 



Offences. 



Offenders. 



Penalty. 



Expenses. 



Bemarks. 



Dragging with rake 

 hooks or jiggering, . 



Alexander Brown. 

 C. E. Cummings. 

 James Oliver. 



lbs. 



£ s. 

 1 10 



d. 

 0 



Not proven, 

 ftot proven. 



Taking sea-trout in close 

 time, .... 



Joseph Duffin. 

 Alexander Brown. 



5s. 

 5s. 



0 15 

 0 15 



0 

 0 





Taking smolts, 



Alexander Hunter. 



2s. 6d. 



1 1 



6 





Gaffing out of drift nets, 

 oeing use of gaff not 

 as auxiliary to rod 

 and line, . 



James Bremner. 

 James Home. 



10s. 



2 3 



6 



Not proven. 



Taking salmon with gaff 

 not as auxiliary to rod 

 and line, . 



Alexander Grant. 

 William Freckleton. 

 Alexander White. 



12s. 6d. 

 10s. 

 Is. 



2 0 

 2 0 

 0 9 



0 

 6 

 6 





Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. Yes. This answer applies to ordinary mill dams and Craigforth Cruive, 



the only cruive in the district. 

 13. No. 



4. They all do so except the fish-passes at the mouth of Loch Venacher. 



5. No. 



6. Nothing has been done with reference to the matters embraced in this 



query. 



Pollutions — 



1. Not so far as known. 



2. From 25th August to 2nd September 405 dead salmon were taken from 



the Forth between Alloa and Stirling, believed to have been destroyed 

 by polluted discharges into the Devon, a tributary of the Forth, from 

 Glenochil and Cambus Distilleries, Tullibody Tannery, and Alva 

 Mills. Analyses of samples of the water of the Devon were made, and 

 the proprietors of the distilleries, tannery, and mills communicated 

 with. The proprietors of the distilleries and tannery have since made 

 improvements for the purification of the discharges from their works 



