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Appendices to Tioenty-first Annual Report 



Kelts— 



1. 1st December. 



2. March. 



3. 1st May. 



4. Half-flood. 



Smolts — 



1. Middle of April and 10th May. 



2. Yes. 



General Question— 



The District Board at its meeting on 5th November 1902 resolved to 

 memorialise the Fishery Board for Scotland that it should be made 

 illegal to use a gafi" as auxiliary to angling with a rod and line between 

 the opening of the season and the 1st of May in each year. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER SPEY. 

 Take of Fish— 



3. (a) 11th February 1902 ; (6) February and August 1902 ; (c) grilse, June 



and July — sea-trout, May. 

 5. (a) 41 lbs. ; (6) 50 lbs. ; (c) 37 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. For 1902-3, £8146 10s. 



2. Do. Assessment £1035 5s. 8d., being at rate of 2s. 6^d. per £. 



3. One superintendent, one inspector, and 45 bailiffs. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



2. In most cases pretty satisfactorily. 



3. Many have to be overhauled and repaired yearly. 



4. The best in district causes difficulty to fish which are late and almost 



ready to spawn. 



Pollutions — 



1. No new distilleries during 1902 in Spey district. 



2. Steps are being taken to remove causes of pollution. 



The Salmon Disease — 



See Superintendent's Annual Report for 1901-2. 



The Spawning Season — 



1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. See Superintendent's Annual Report for 1901-2. 



Smolts — 



1 and 2. See Superintendent's Annual Report for 1901-2. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



See Superintendent's Annual Report for 1901-1902. 



Propoition of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No discrepancy was seen on tributaries during the spawning season. 



Ofiice-bearers — 



A new Spey District Board was elected on the 17th October 1902, when the 

 following members were chosen : — For upper proprietors — Sir George 

 Macpherson Grant, Bart, of Ballindalloch, J. W. H. Grant, Esq. of 

 Wester Elchies, and J. R. Findlay, Esq. of Aberlour. For lower 

 proprietors — The Right Honourable the Earl of March, David 

 Jamieson Cunningham, Esq., factor for Lord Algernon Gordon-Lennox, 

 and John Smith, Esq., factor for the Right Honourable the Countess 

 Dowager of Seafield. His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon 

 is Chairman of the Board in respect of His Grace being entered in the 

 Valuation Rolls as the largest fishery proprietor in the district. 



