of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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Protection — 



1. East Coast, £1,835 ; West Coast, £1,236. 



2. No assessment. 



3. Four, in addition to gamekeepers, who are bound to assist in watching. 



Keepers on West Coast watch. 



4. None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 

 1. None. 



3. No. 



4. Yes. 



5. No. 



6. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No ; no pollutions. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. The salmon disease showed itself in the case of one fish only on September 



11th, 1899. 



2. River was in a very low state. 



3. Only one diseased salmon taken from the river on September 11th, 1899, 



which was a male fish and clean. 



4. No. 



The Spawning Season- — 



1. 12th October. 



2. 20th to 30th October. 



3. End of November. 



4. High ; good spawning condition. 



5. Less than usual. 



6. Brora, Helmsdale, Fleet, and their tributaries ; Inver, Kirkaig, Laxford, 



Inchard and their tributaries, West Coast. 



Kelts— 



1. February. 



2. March and April. 



3. By the 1st of May. 



4. Low. 



Smolts — 



1. Middle of April. 



2. Fairly good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



One on the Brora and another on the Helmsdale, both belonging to the 

 Duke of Sutherland. In the Brora, 20,000 salmon and 60,000 Lochleven 

 trout ; and Helmsdale, about 150,000 salmon. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Some bailiffs give proportion of males to females as at 5 to 1. All bailiffs 

 estimate that males predominate. 



General Question — 

 No. 



SUTHERLAND, NORTH COAST DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. Below the average. 



2. (a) and (b) Salmon, 760 ; grilse, 8437 ; trout, 153 ; cannot be separated ; 



(c) about 900 fish. Halladale did well. 



3. (a) February ; (6) May to June ; (c) grilse, May July ; trout, March- 



September. 



4. Not known. 



5. (a) 25 lbs. ; (6) 30 lbs. ; (c) 23 lbs, 



