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Appendices to Thirtieth Annual Report 



Ayrshire Railway Co. will satisfy the requirements of the Salmon Acts in 

 the matter. 



Reports from District Fishery Boards. 



Thirty-six District Fishery Boards have sent answers to the usual 

 queries. The nets, on the whole, seem to have done well, owing perhaps 

 in great measure to the number of fish which were unable to ascend rivers, 

 and which congregated in the neighbourhood of rivers. Owing to the 

 warm and dry summer it is not surprising to find that the rod-fishing in 

 almost all districts was below the average. The exceptions seem to be the 

 Aberdeenshire Dee, the Spey, the Kyle of Sutherland, and the Cree. 



The total rental of the 36 districts from which reports come amounts to 

 .£143,258. A record is once more made in the case of the Tay, the rental 

 of which is returned as £23,873. 



The reports from District Fishery Boards, in as condensed a form as 

 possible, are appended, as are statements showing the number of packages 

 and prices of salmon delivered at Billingsgate in 1911, a statement showing 

 the rateable values of salmon fisheries in districts where Boards have been 

 formed, a list of the annual close times, and a list of Chairmen and Clerks 

 of District Fishery Boards. 



Separate Papers. 



" The Investigation into the Life History of the Salmon " has been con- 

 tinued, and two papers will be issued separately, one dealing with the 

 results of salmon marking, being my eighth report on this subject ; the 

 other a paper on the examination of salmon scales, with special reference 

 to the infrequency of spawning. On this occasion the paper has been 

 prepared by Mr. W. J. M. Menzies. 



W. L. Calderwood. 



