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Appendices to Fifteenth Annual Report 



2. In upper reaches from October to December. Lower from 1st December 



to middle of January. 



3. Practically at end of January. 



4. Very high. 



5. Far more. 



6. The river itself, but particularly in the tributaries of Feugh, Gavin, Muick, 



and Clunie. 



Kelts— 



1. 1st December. 



2. End of April and early in May. 



3. Never quite clear. 



4. Average. 



Smolts — 



1. Early in April. 



2. Yes. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



The Board have erected a hatchery at Drum, about 11 miles from Aberdeen, 

 and keep it up. Ova put into it in 1896, about a million — a large percentage 

 of which develop and are put into the river. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No information. 



General Question — 

 None. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER DON. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (6), (c) and (d) Below the average over all. 



2. (a), (b) and (c) No. 



3. (a) 11th February ; (6) end of July and first days of August ; (c) 12th 



May grilse first seen ; sea trout 11th February. 



4. (a) and (6) No information. 



5. (a) 30 lbs. ; (&) 45 lbs. ; (c) 39 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £3582, 17s. 2d. 



2. 18 per cent. 



3. Seventeen. 



4. Fourteen prosecutions, all convicted, for taking salmon with clips, etc., 



and for possession of unseasonable fish; fined from 10s. to 30s., with costs 

 of about £1 ; few pay fines, majority go to prison. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. No. 



3. Yes. 



4. No. 



5. Fish can ascend when river is at or above the ordinary level ; when low, 



there is difficulty, and sometimes impossible. 



6. No. 



7. None. 



Pollutions — 



1. No fresh causes of pollution, but impurity increases as the population of 



Woodside increases. 



2. Negotiations have been going on for some time between the County 



Council, the fishing proprietors, and the mill-owners for diminishing 

 the evil, which, it is hoped, will end in the adoption of some scheme 

 which will have the desired effect. 



