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Appendiecs to Twenty-first Annual Report 



The Spawning Season — 



1. End of November. 



2. December and January. 



3. End of January. 



4. About average level. 



5. More. 



6. Gannochy, King's Ford, Pert Ford, Stob Ford, Bothy Stream, Peter's 



Stream, Bailie Middleton's Stream, Broad Rack, and Bridge Stream. 



Kelts— 



1. End of December. 



2. December and January. 



3. End of May. 



4. Average level. 



Smolts — 



1. During March, April, and May. 



2. Yes. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No hatchery. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Estimate three-fourths male and one-fourth female. 



General Question — 



Yes. By a clerical error in the 12th Section of the Act of 1868, the word 

 "less" is used in place of "more," relating to the raising during the 

 weekly close time of the Kinnaber Lade sluice at the Morphie Dyke; 

 this should be amended. 



Destruction of smolts by gulls and other birds. 



No change. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER DEE {ABERDEEN). 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (6), (c), and (d) A good average. 



2. (a), (b), and (c) No. It has been found impossible to obtain any reliable 



data on these points. 



3. (a) 11th February ; (6) in the months of June and July ; (c) first grilse 



caught on 8th April, sea-trout, 1st May. 



4. (a) and (6) The tendency would appear to be rather earlier, but have not 



got sufficient information to enable anv statistics to be kept. 



5. (a) 52 lbs ; (6) 42 lbs.; (c) 39 lbs. 



6. Not above average. 



Protection — 



1. £19,455 7s. Id. 



2. Five per cent, on above rental. 



3. Nineteen. 



4. Two prosecutions — (1) Netting river in weekly close time — five men con- 



cerned, two of these convicted, one fined £3, the other £5, both with 

 expenses. As regards the other three men, case was found not proven. 

 (2) Taking salmon during weekly close time — one man implicated, 

 fined £5, with £2 2s. expenses 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. Nothing of this nature on river. 



2. No dams hecks, or cruives. 



3. No. 



4. No fish-passes. 



5. No. 



6. No changes of this nature. 



