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Appendices to Fifteentlt Annikd Report 



ANSWERS TO THE FOREGOING QUESTIONS. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER FORTH. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a) and (6) Above the average in tidal and fresh waters ; (c) fixed engines 



not quite so good ; (d) above the average generally except (c). 



2. (a), (b) and (c) No means of knowing. The tenants will give no infor 



mation. 



3. (a) 11th February ; (6) July and August ; (c) grilse in June, sea-trout all 



the season. 



4. (a) and (b) No means of knowing. The tenants will give no information 



5. (a) 58 lbs. ; (b) no information ; (c) 38 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £3617. 



2. 2s. 6d. per £. 



3. Twelve. 



4. Yes, 20 cases. Convictions followed in 16, and in 4 cases the accused 



were found not guilty. The prosecutions were instituted for fishing 

 with nets after close time ; fishing for or taking salmon with drag-hooks, 

 gaffs, roe, etc. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. None. 



3. Yes. 



4. Two, one on the Ardoch at Doune, and one on the Tyne at East Linton. 



5. Yes. 



6. No. 



7. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No. No causes of pollution reported. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Yes. About 15th December 1895 ; in the end of January ; at the end of 



March. 



2. Medium level. 



3. 780 males, 253 females, from first week of December 1895 to end of March 



1896. They were all kelts. 



4. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 19th November 1895 ; 15th November 1896. 



2. 15th November to end of December. 



3. About the end of January. 



4. Medium level. 



5. More. 



6. Teith, Allan, and Forth. 

 Kelts— 



1. First week of December 1895. 



2. January and February 1896. 



3. End of April 1896. 



4. Medium level. 



