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Appendices to Eighteenth Annual Report 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No. 



General Question — 



The clause in the Act as to hecks at outlets of mill lades should be altered, 

 and all such hecks should be made revolving and not removable at any 

 time. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER GIRVAN. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a) None ; (b) cannot say ; (c) all ; (d) yes. 



2. (a) None ; (6) about 250 salmon, 800 grilse, 2350 trout ; (c) cannot say. 



3. (a) 1st April ; (b) August ; (c) about June 12th. 

 5. (a) None ; (b) 38 lbs. ; (c) 40 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £524. 



2. Is. 3d. per £. 



3. One employed from 1st July until 30th November. 



4. Yes. One case, contravention of Section 17 of Salmon Fisheries Act, 1868 



(taking salmon by means of pitch-fork). Found not proven. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1 . Old dam at Milton, in the Parish of Straiton, slightly altered. 



2. Yes. 



3. No. 



4. Fish -pass at Kilkerran saw-mill dam affords at all times a free passage 



to salmon wishing to ascend, other dams only when the river is in flood. 

 5 and 6. No. 



Pollutions — 

 1 and 2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 1. No. 

 3. None. 



The Spawning Season — 

 1. End of November 1898. 



Kelts— 



1, 2, 3, and 4. Cannot say. 



Smolts — 



1. 1st May. 



2. Average. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Cannot say. 



General Question — 



Pike to the number of 80 were killed on the river on Kilkerran estate. 

 On Dalquharran estate the river has diverted from its natural course, and it 

 is surmised that the pike breed in the old bed and find their way into 

 the river by a drain. 



