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Appendices to Eighteenth Annual Report 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER NORTH ESK. 

 (Return for 1899.) 



Take of Fish— 



1. («), (b), (c), and (d) Average. 



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



3. (a) and (b) 1 Oth February ; (c) June and July. 



4. (a) and (6) Cannot give statistics. 



5. (a), 25 lbs.; (6) 51J lbs.; (c) 30 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £6,523. 



2. £408. 



3. Thirteen bailiffs and one superintendent. 



4. None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. No change on dykes worth noting. 



2. As last year. 



3. No. 



4. As last vear. The action has recently been dismissed. 



5. No. 



6. None. 



Pollutions — 



1. None. 



2. Steps have been taken to remove causes of pollution both at Auchinblae 



Distillery and Fettercairn Distillery, but the result has not yet been 

 fully proved. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1, 2, and 3. Only one grilse found dead. Verv little appearance of disease. 

 4. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. November. 



2. December and January. 



3. End of February. 



4. Average level. 



5. Less. 



6. Gannochy, King's Ford, Pert Ford, Stob Ford, Bothy Stream, Peters' 



Stream, Bailie Middleton's Stream, Broad Rack, and Bridge Streams. 



Kelts— 



1. Early in -January. 



2. January and February. 



3. May. 



4. Above average level. 



Smolts — 



1. April and May. 



2. Very good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No hatchery. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



Estimate three-fourth males and one-fourth females 



General Question — 

 Yes. By a clerical mistake in the 12th Section of the Act of 1868, the word 

 "less" is used in place of "more" relating to the raising during the 

 weekly close time of the Kinnaber Lade Sluice at the Morphie Dyke. 



