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Appendices to Eighteenth Annual Report 



Protection — 



1. £3,424. 



2. Eleven per cent. 



3. Ten bailiffs. 



4. Eight prosecutions. All convicted ; offences chiefly for gaffing and 



dragging for salmon. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. Dams generally worked so. No cruives in operation. 



3. No. 



4. At all times. 



5. No. 



6. No changes. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No steps found necessary to be taken. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Scarcely any disease. Only 48 seen marked with disease during season. 



2. Kiver above ordinary size. 



3. About equal. 



4. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 10th November. 



2. Between 21st November and 30th December. 



3. End of December. 



4. About ten inches above usual size. 



5. About an average. 



6. Careston, Finavon, New Mill, Craigessie, and Prosen. 



Kelts— 



1. 4th January. 



2. February and March. 



3. April. 



4. About two feet above usual size. 



Smolts — 



1. April and May. 



2. Yes. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 About equal. Return based on appearance shown on spawning beds. 



General Question — 



Nothing else occurs to us to mention. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER NORTH ESK. 

 (This Return is for the Year 1898.) 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (b), (c), and (d) All below average. 



2. (a), (6) and (c) No. 



3. (a) and (b) 16th February ; (c) June and July. 



4. (a) and (b) Cmnot give statistics. 



5. (a) Salmon 28 lbs., trout 6 lbs.; (b) salmon 40 lbs., trout 8 lbs.; (c) 



salmon 26 lbs., trout 3 lbs. 



