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Appendices to Fifteenth Annual Report 



NOTE 1. 



THE FOLLOWING QUERIES HAVE BEEN SENT TO 

 CLERKS OF DISTRICT BOARDS :— 



Take of Fish— 



1. Has the take of fish in your district in 1896 been above, about, or below 



the average. 



(a) In tidal waters 1 



(b) In fresh waters 1 



(c) In fixed engines ? 



(d) Generally throughout the district 1 



2. Can you give the number of fish caught in your district, exactly or 



approximately ? 



(a) By net and coble ? 



(b) By fixed engines ] 



(c) By rods ? 



8. At what period of the year in your district during 1896 — 



(a) Were the first clean fish taken ? 



(b) When was the main take of salmon ? 



(c) When did the grilse and sea-trout run? 



4. In order that accurate records be kept as to whether the run of salmon in 



your district is becoming earlier or later, it is desirable that you should, 

 if possible, obtain and furnish me with statistics of the percentage of 

 fish taken in each month — 



(a) By net and coble ? 



(b) By fixed engines ? 



5. What was the weight of the heaviest salmon or trout caught in your 



district in 1896— 



(a) By net and coble ? 



(b) By fixed engines ? 



(c) By rods 1 



Protection — 



1. Please state the amount of the assessable rental of your district in 1896 ? 



2. What was the assessment levied thereon during this year ? 



3. State the number of water bailiffs employed in your district in 1896 ? 



4. Were any prosecutions instituted under the Salmon Fishery Acts in 



1896 ? If so, for what offences were they instituted, and what was the 

 result ? 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. Give full particulars of any dams destroyed or given up in your district 



in 1896 ; or any new dams built or old dams altered ? 



2. Have any cruives in your district not been fished during 1896 ? 



3. Are the dams and cruives in your district worked in accordance with the 



provisions of the bye-laws (Schedule F and G) regulating the same 1 



