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Appendices to Fifteenth Annual /i<',/><>rf 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



There is a salmon hatchery in this district at Conon Bridge. It partly 

 belongs to Colonel M'Kenzie of Seaforth, and partly to the District 

 Board. Since the beginning of 1891 about 470,000 ova have been 

 taken from the Conon, Tweed, and other rivers in Scotland, hatched in 

 this hatchery, and the fry, when seven weeks old, transferred to the 

 Conon and tributaries. 



General Question — 



I have noticed in the last two fishing seasons (especially in 1896) that the 

 run of salmon in the tidal waters of the Conon during the months of 

 June and July has been much more plentiful than in former fishing 

 seasons. I have also noticed that the increase in weight of these 

 salmon was considerably above the average of salmon caught in former 

 years. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE KYLE OF SUTHERLAND. 



Take of Fish— 



1. About the average ; generally throughout the district. 



2. The number cannot be given as the lessees refuse to give information on 



this head. The catch, however, was a very good one, by net and rod. 



3. (a) In February ; (b) in April and May ; (c) in July and August. 



4. It is not possible to condescend on numbers in either case A or B. 



5. (a) 34 lbs. by net and coble ; (c) no information. 



Protection — 



1. £2634. 



2. Is. 8d. per £. 



3. Fifteen watchers in all. 



4. One for allowing bag net leaders to remain in the sea during the weekly 



close time. Result ' Not proven.' 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. There are no cruives in the district. 



I 3. There are only two dams in the district, one at Gruids, Lairg, and the 

 other at Evelix, Dornoch. The miller at Gruids was reported in 1893 

 and 1894 for contraventions, and on both occasions he was tried and 

 convicted, on 20th June 1893 and 6th November 1894 respectively. 

 The Evelix mill-lade has, however, been a source of great irritation for 

 some years. The Dornoch Burgh Local Authority were permitted to 

 take the water from the lade to the town of Dornoch some years ago, 

 and consequently the sluice cannot, as it should, be shut at the intake 

 when the mill is not being worked. The water is being used for a 

 lawful purpose in terms of Schedules F and G, but not the whole of it. 

 Up till now all attempts (and there have been many) at improvement 

 have been abortive. 

 4. No. 



I 5. Always. 



6. No. 



7. There is no change from 1895, 



Pollutions— 



1. No. 



2. No. 



The Salmon Disease— 

 1. No. 



