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3. Expressed as percentages for each month of the season, so as to show the 

 times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





By Net and Coble. 



By Fixed Engine. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



x curiuir\ ix ill i<j -cm, , 



31-2 



- 



0'4 



6-2 



~ 



0-3 



March, .... 



10-8 





0-5 



7-5 





0-5 





8-1 





7-0 



5-9 





3-1 



May, 



18-3 



0-8 



26-6 



21-5 



0-3 



18-2 



June, 



8-4 



9-0 



42-8 



12-5 



5-0 



33-9 



July j 



12-4 



68-1 



16-8 



21-7 



64-0 



40-6 



August, .... 



10-8 



221 



5-9 



24-7 



30-7 



3-4 





100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



Particulars as to the times grilse and sea trout appeared, as included in 

 the above return, are as follow: — Grilse, 11th May; trout, 11th 

 February, but principal run in June. 

 4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 51 J lbs. 



The particulars of time and place of capture are : — 28th June, sea nets at 

 Portgordon. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1906-97 was £8990 15s. 



2. The assessment levied was £1170 13s. 5d., being 2s. 7jd. per £. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 47 in number, including superintendent 



and inspector. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follows : — 1st, a 



band of three persons detected on the Nethy in possession of a gaff 

 with intent to kill salmon at a dam-dyke at night; fine of £1 each 

 at Inverness Sheriff Court. A band of six persons detected on 

 Dulnain ; convicted at same court, and sentenced to fines of £1 each, 

 with a total of £l 19s. 6d. of expenses. A tenant of a saw-mill 

 reported for putting sawdust within reach of spate water; removed 

 same before court proceedings commenced. Two persons were 

 privately admonished and cautioned for putting chaff into the river. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — New dam dyke being (at 



16th November 1907) erected to take the place of one swept off by a 

 spate, at Meal Mill, near Tomintoul, on Conglass stream. 



2. "With regard to the observance of bye-laws : — Fairly well attended to . 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — See No. 1 above. 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with : — The mill dam-dyke atBalvenie, 



on Fiddich, is causing obstruction this (November 1907) season to 

 ascending spawning fish, in consequence of the river channel cutting 

 below the dyke and thus leaving too long a stretch of dam face or 

 fish-pass run. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions are :— Distilleries; being attended to. 



2. Remedial measures : — Various kinds at all distilleries over the district. 



