Appendices to Eighteenth Annual Report 



Protection — 



1. £870 13s. 



2. Twelve per cent. 



3. Six bailiffs. 



4. None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 

 3 and 5. None. 



Pollutions — 

 1. None. 



The Salmon Disease— 

 1. None. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. October. 



2. November and December. 



3. December. 



4. Ordinary level. 



5. More. 



6. Main river. 



Kelts— 



1. January. 



2. February. 



3. March. 



4. Ordinary. 



Smolts — 



1. May and June. 



2. Ordinary. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 None. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 About the same. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER DEE (ABERDEEN). 



Take of Fish— 



1. Below the average in each of these four cases. 



2. No. The Inspector has endeavoured to obtain information on these 



questions, but has not succeeded. 



3. (a) 11th February ; (b) April was the most successful month throughout 



the district ; (c) grilse began to run about 1st May ; sea-trout, 11th 

 February ; largest takes of grilse in July. 



4. The Inspector has found it impossible to get these statistics. 



5. (a) 35 lbs.; (b) 38 J lbs.; (c) 41 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £17,427 3s. 6d. 



2. Six per cent, on said rental. 



3. Twenty-one. 



4. Two prosecutions — both for taking smolts. Both accused fined £1 4s. 6d. 



or 3 days in prison. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. No dams in district. 



2. No cruives in district. 



3. Point of a rock blasted off on Duke of Fife's water at Linn of Dee to 



make passage of fish easier. 



