Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



vii 



of August. If it is estimated that each box contains 1 cwt. of 

 salmon, the value of the Scottish salmon delivered at Billingsgate 

 in 1896 was £155,454, 12s., or on an average £6, 18s. 7d. per cwt. 

 The value of that delivered in 1895 was £163,513, 2s. 4d., or on an 

 average £6 8s. lljd. per cwt. 



We are indebted to the Scottish railway companies and steam- Boxes of 

 ship owners for information regarding the weight of the boxes of l^mou* 

 salmon forwarded by them during 1894, 1895, and 1896 from the forwarded 

 various stations, ports, &c. This information has been embodied { ™™. various 



• 4-v en • mil Stations, Ports. 



m the following Table : — & c . 



District. 



1894. 



1895. 





1896. 



W eight. 



Weight. 



Weight. 



Tons. 



Cwt. 



Qrs. 



Lbs. 



Tons. 



Cwt. 



Qrs. 



Lbs. 



Tons. 



Cwt. 



Qrs. 



Lbs. 



Berwick to Cairn- 



























bulg Point, . 



96: 



8 



2 



23 



1,634 



1 



3 



24 



1,583 



6 



1 



26 



Cairnbulg Point 



























to Cape Wrath, 



729 



2 



3 



17 



1,492 



12 





7 



987 



13 



1 



8 



Cape Wrath to 

























Glasgow, . . 



471 



18 



3 



4 



576 



7 





10 



414 



2 



3 



5 



Glasgow to the 



























Border, . . . 



273 



6 







;>26 





1 



17 



293 



3 





1 



Total, . . . 



2,437 



11 



1 



16 



4,229 



1 



2 



2 



3,278 



5 



2 



12 



The slight difference between the figures given above for the 

 years 1894 and 1895 and those given in our previous Eeports is due 

 to a few additional returns having been received for those years. 



The answers which have been received to the usual circular Eepiies to 

 of printed queries sent to the Clerks of District Boards at the ^^dfn^The* 

 close of the salmon fishing season of 1896 indicate that in most yield of the 

 districts salmon were plentiful but grilse scarce. The replies |jjj^ es in 

 are given in Note I. of the Appendices to this Eeport. From i896 61 163 m 

 twelve of them it seems that the take of fish generally was above 

 the average, from seven that it was about the average, and from 

 five that it was below the average. In the district of the river 

 Alness it was above the average in tidal waters, but below it in 

 fresh waters ; and in that of the river Nith it was better than last 

 year. The Clerks of the District Boards of the rivers Awe and 

 Torridon have sent no replies to the circular. 



The districts in which the fishing season is reported as being 

 above the average are as follows : — 



Forth. The Eivers of the East and 



Tay/ West Coast of Sutherland. 



North Esk. Kennart. 



Dee (Aberdeenshire). Girvan. 



Ythan. Cree. 



Deveron. Annan. 



Conon. 



