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Appendices to Twenty -first Annual Report 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER CONON. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. (a) and (h) Salmon and grilse below the average ; (c) about the average ; 



{d) below the average. 



2. The lessees of the salmon fishings are not disposed to give the information. 



3. (a) 11th February, when fishing opened ; (6) the main take of salmon was 



in March and April, the main take of grilse in July ; (c) grilse 

 ran from the mid<ile of May till the end of the fishing, clean sea-trout 

 in tidal waters of Conon at all seasons. 



4. (a) and (6) No means of getting exact numbers. 



5. (a) Several were caught weighing 21 lbs.; (/>) about 26 lbs,; (c) about 



18 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £3107 17s. lid. 



2. Is. Id. per £ for year from Whitsunday 1902, to Whitsunday 1903. 



3. One permanent bailiff and four temporary watchers in spring, and one 



temporary watcher in autumn for about five weeks. 



4. None in 1902. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. Nil. 



2. There is one dam in this district ; it is not worked in accordance with the 



bye-law (Schedule F). There are two cruives in this district ; they 

 are worked in accordance with the the bye-law (Schedule G) regulating 

 the same. 



3. No. 



4. Yes. 



5. No. 



6. No. 



Pollutions — 

 1. There are no pollutions in this district. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. There is no salmon disease in this district. 



' Th Spawning Season — 



About the middle of October. 



2. From the 5th till the 20th November. 



3. In the middle of December. 



4. High flood, half- flood, and low, 



5. More than last season. There was a splendid show of spawning salmon 



and grilse in the middle waters. 

 C>, There are good spawning grounds in the river Conon from the tidal 

 waters. The principal spawning streams are 18 on the river Conon, 

 12 on the river Meig, 8 on the Blackwater, and 4 below the Falls of 

 Orrin. There is a large quantity of spawning ground above the Falls 

 Conon, Rogie, and Orrin. 



Kelts— 



1. In the last week of February. 



2. From the middle of March to the end of April. 



3. In the last week of May. 



4. Flood, half-flood, and low. 



Smelts — 



1. In the last week of March, April, May, and the first week in June. 



2. Yes ; splendid. 



