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Report on Salmon fisheries. 



Receipts and 

 Expenditure of 

 District Boards, 

 with rateable 

 value of Sal- 

 mon Fishings, 

 from 1881 to 

 1894 inclusive. 



It is from the districts of the rivers Ugie, Spey, Findhorn, Ness, 

 Kyle of Sutherland, Stinchar, and Dee (Kirkcudbrightshire) that an 

 average fishing season is reported ; and from those of the South 

 Esk, Don, Nairn, the rivers of the north coast of Sutherlandshire, 

 and the Lochy that the fishing season is reported as being beiow 

 the average. 



The receipts and expenditure of District Fishery Boards, and the 

 rateable value of the salmon fishings in their districts, in the years 

 1881 to 1894 inclusive, are as follows : — 



Year. 



Rateable Value 

 of Fisheries. 



Receipts 

 (Exclusive of 

 Balances). 



Expenditure 

 (Exclusive of 

 Balances). 



Outstanding 

 Loans. 





£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



1881 



90,226 



9,961 



9,611 



184 



1882 



86,654 



9,299 



9,258 



191 



1883 



85,776 



10,170 



9,937 



156 



1884 



85,311 



9,654 



9,775 



135 



1885 



88,218 



10,322 



10,154 





1886 



91,407 



10,848 



11,116 



... 



1887 



94,644 



11,298 



11,172 





1888 



96,312 



11,224 



11,445 



282 



1889 



93,667 



11,673 



11,647 



141 



1890 



97,593 



11,741 



11,557 





1891 



97,548 



11,798 



11,700 



no 



1892 



97,523 



11,787 



11,605 





1893 



100,459 



11,606 



11,627 





1894 



106,099 



12,393 



11,698 





A more detailed account, showing the sums raised and expended 

 by each District Board, will be found in Note II. of j the Appendices, Page 46 et 

 from which it will be seen that in the years 1881 to 1889 inclusive 

 returns are comprised in the above statement from the districts of 

 the rivers Annan, Cree, Dee (Solway), Dee (Aberdeen), Deveron, 

 Don, Esk (North), Esk (South), Findhorn, Forth, Girvan, Kyle of 

 Sutherland, Lochy, Ness, Nith, Spey/Tay, Ugie, Ythan, and Tweed, 

 and that in the five subsequent years returns from seven, and in 

 one case six, additional districts are included. If the returns from 

 the latter districts are eliminated those from the former are as 

 follows in the under-mentioned years : — 



Year. 



Rateable Value 

 of Fisheries. 



Receipts 

 (Exclusive of 

 Balances). 



Expenditure 

 (Exclusive of 

 Balances). 



Outstanding 

 Loans. 



1890 

 1891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 



£ 



92,101 

 90,763 

 90,725 

 94,752 

 99,894 



£ 



11,296 

 11,144 

 11,114 

 11,158 

 11,739 



£ 



11,073 

 11,114 

 11,016 

 11,171 

 10,985 



£ 



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