38 Appendices to Fifteenth Annual Report 



Protection — 



1. £40. 



2. £31 contributed by two proprietors 



3. Two. 



4. No ; one case of poaching where accused paid a voluntary tine to avoid 



a prosecution. 



The Salmon Disease — 



One large sea-trout at the mouth of the Kinloch River and taken out all 

 over with fungus. (River low, month of June.) I have seen no diseased 

 salmon this year. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. Sea-trout began spawning about the beginning of October, and salmon 20 



days or so later. 



2. The greater number spawned between the middle of October and the 



middle of November. 



3. The spawning season finished about the middle of December. 



5. The number of spawning fish was about the average. 



6. The principal spawning streams are the Kinloch and Balgay. 



Kelts— 



2. Kelts were noticed migrating seawards in December. 



4. River generally high. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon- 

 No. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER LOCHY. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (b), (c) and (d) Below the average. 



2. (a) and (b) Nil ; (c) exact number not kept. The River Lochy is entirely 



let for angling. 



3. (a) 30th March 1896 ; (6) June, July, and August ; (c) about the end of 



June. 



4. (a) and (b) Nil. 



5. (a) and (6) Nil ; (c) 33 lbs 4 



Protection — 



1. £2093, 17s. 2d. 



2. Id. per £. 



3. Fifteen. 



4. None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. None. 



2. None. 



3. There are none. 



4. No. 



5. At all times. 



6. No. 



7. None. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. None 



The Salmon Disease — - 



1. No disease has shown itself. 



4. In my opinion salmon disease is mainly if not entirely caused by river 

 pollution. 



