TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT. 



TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE 

 JOHN SINCLAIR, M.P., 



His Majesty's Secretary for Scotland. 



Office of the Fishery Board 

 for Scotland, 

 Edinburgh, June, 1908. 



Sir.. 



In continuation of our Twenty-sixth Annual Keport 

 we have the honour to submit — 



PART II. — REPORT ON SALMON FISHERIES. 



In the absence of actual statistics respecting the number of 

 salmon caught at the various fishing stations, we are again com- 

 pelled to rely for information respecting the upkeep of the fisheries 

 upon the weight of salmon carried by the various railways and 

 steamship companies. Even from this source our information is 

 received as a matter of courtesy, and this season the danger 

 attendant upon this condition was sharply brought into prominence 

 by one of the leading railways declining for some time to make the 

 return, explaining with some reason that it involved a considerable 

 amount of extra labour by the clerical staff for which no 

 remuneration was returned. Had the railway in question per- 

 sisted in declining our requests, no return would have been 

 possible from a most important section of the country. 



The total weight of salmon carried from all parts of Scotland 



