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Appendiees to Twenty-Jirst Annual Repcn't 



4. 



Salmon. 



Percentage of 



GriU 



February, 

 March, 



5 

 6 

 34 

 20 

 17 

 11 

 7 



April, 

 May, 

 June, 

 July, 



1 

 6 



62 

 31 



August, - 



100 



100 



Proportions approximate only. 



5. (a) None by net and coble ; (6) salmon 34 lbs., trout 6 lbs. ; ^c) salmon 



22 lbs., trout 4 lbs. 



6. No. 



Protection — 



1. £1138 10s. 



2. Is. 6d. per £. 



3. One permanent bailiff, two during close season, and other assistance as 



required. 



4. No prosecutions. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. This subject has recently been reported on by the Inspector of Salmon 

 Fisheries for Scotland. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. Communications are in progress with the Burgh of Nairn as to pollution 



from their sewage farm. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 1. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. 4th November. 



2. 12th November to 16th December. 



3. Middle of January. 



4. Between low water and half-flood . 



5. Above average. 



6. The Nairn and Inverness Burn 



Kelts— 



1. The middle of January. 



2. March. 



3. By 10th April. 



4. Half-flood. 



Smolts — 



1. 20th April. 



2. Above average. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No hatchery in this district. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



On an estimate the males slightly exceed the females. 



General Question — 

 No. 



None, 



