Report on Salmon Fisheries. 



ix 



The following is the rental of the Tay fishings since 1828 : — Rental of Tay 



Salmon 



Year. 



Rental. 





Year. 



Rental. 





1 R9R 





1U 



u 



1 Rft** 



-PI 4 9'V? 



l ft 



A 



1 ft9Q 



^ 4 <S9Q 



1 0 



u 





1 ft 749 



5 



9 



iooU 



1 ^ 747 



Q 



o 



u 



1 Rft r » 





0 



7 



lool 



1 R74 



U 



A 



u 



1 Rftft 

 LOOO 



1 1 4.(\^ 



. A / y'-tXJO 



•> 

 o 



4 



looZ 



1 1 fi9Q 







1 R£7 



loo/ . • 



1 ft R^9 



18 



4 





"11 p>77 



U 



\i 



1 RfiR 

 1 oOO 



1 ft Qft^ 



15 



1 ( ) 



1 OO-i 



1 0 QH7 



l n 



u 



looy 



1 7 444 



15 



( ) 



lo<50 



i n R^ft 



J l ',000 



1 H 





1 R7H 



1 7 044 



Q 



O 



4 



lOoO 



in 9i i 



1U,Z11 



i n 



1U 



u 



1 R7 1 



1 ft *}R9 



Q 



O 



i 



-i 



1 R**7 

 loo / 



i n l ^o 



O 



u 



1 879 



15 1 ft9 



15 



() 



1 R'}R 







n 



1 R7*} 



1 7 ^1 Q 

 l / ,<j iy 



14 



() 



1 R'^Q 



looy 



1 O 4QR 





n 

 u 



1 R7A 



1 R Q41 





Q 



O . 



i ft/in 





KJ 



n 



1 R7^i 



91 fi^4 



4 





1 0'il . 



l n R4ft 



O 





1 R7ft 



1 Q Q^O 



1 R 



1 o 



4 



1 RA9 



10 235 





yj 



1 R77 



lOi I 



91 1 9fi 



14 



V 



1 R4*} 



10 512 



5 



0 



1 R7R 



i.O / o 



91 187 







1 R44 



1 0 *3Rft 



10 



o 



1 R7Q 



. 21,697 



14 



o 



1 R4^ 



10 751 



15 



o 



1 RRO 



22 518 



3 



7 



1 R4ft 



K)'o99 



15 





1 RR1 



19 579 



Xi 



5 



1 R47 



. 11,421 



10 



o 



1 RR9 



19 221 



11 



7 



1 R4R 



12,057 



10 



q 



1883 



1 7 77"3 



o 



o 



1 R4Q 



. 10,729 



16 



o 



1 RR4 



1. OOrt 



19 655 



14 



5 



1 R50 



9,491 



11 



n 



V/ 



1 RR5 



90 41 7 



o 



2 



1 RM 

 lOO 1 



9,530 



0 





1 RRft 



22 542 



2 



Q 



o 





7,973 



5 



o 



1 RR7 



loo 1 



! ! 22^143 



16 



/ 



10<JO 



8,715 



17 



a 

 \j 



1 RRR 



lOOO . 



1 Q 655 



. 17,731 



q 



o 



1854 



9,269 



6 



5 



1889 



2 





1855 . 



9,977 13 



5 



1890 '. 



. 17,819 



10 



0 



1856 



. 10,199 



10 



4 



1891 



. 17,237 



6 



8 



1857 



. 10,772 



0 



5 



1892 



. 19,018 



0 



0 



1858 



. 11,487 



2 



5 



1893 



. 21,762 



14 



3 



1859 



. 11,884 



14 



0 



1894 



. 19,578 



7 



5 



1860 



. 13,827 



10 



7 



1895 



. 17,090 



15 



4 



1861 



. 14,009 15 



7 



1896 



17,180 



17 



9 



1862 



14,080 



12 



0 









It will be observed that the rental for 1896 is but £90 higher than 

 that for 1895, which was the lowest rental in any year since 1872. 



The Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners have kindly furnished a Return of the 

 return of the number and weight of fish caught at their fishings J^g^^ at 

 on the river Dee and the sea coast adjoining during 1896. This Fishings 

 return, together with similar returns for each year since 1871, the°A?erdeen 

 are embodied in a statement on p. x. It will be observed from Harbo\?r Com- 

 this statement that the total weight of fish taken in 1896 missioned, 

 is greater, with the exception of the year 1891, than in any 

 previous year for which statistics are given. An account of the 

 steps which were taken in 1872 to improve the fishings in the 

 district of the river Dee, together with statistics showing the 

 state of the fisheries in each year since that date, was given in 

 Mr Archer's report to the Board for 1895, which forms part of the 

 Fourteenth Appendices to the Board's Fourteenth Annual Eeport. Those 

 Anniud Report, statistics seem to show that the steps taken on the Dee afford 

 a striking example of the improvement which can be effected in 

 the salmon fisheries of a district by those interested, in the upper 

 and in the lower waters respectively, acting in concert for the 

 common weal. 



