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Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1907 was £530 15s. 



2. The assessment levied was 4s. per £=£106 3s. 



3. One permanent water bailiff is employed, and one assistant during 



autumn. 



4. No prosecutions. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — No change. 



2. With regard to the observance of bye-laws : — Well kept. 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect : — No change. 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with : — No natural obstructions 



in Alness district. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions are : — Sewage from mansion-houses and from 



Alness village. 

 1. Remedial measures : — None. 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. No salmon disease was detected during the year. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Sea trout were first noticed spawning about 10th October ; salmon and 



grilse about 1st November. 



2. The greatest number spawned about middle of November. 



3. Spawning ceased about end of December. 



4. The number of sea trout seen spawning in burns was above the average. 



Salmon and grilse season was fair, and state of river during spawning 

 season a good deal flooded. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards about 1st May. ■ 



2. As a smolt year 1907 was probably a fair season, but owing to the river 



being always in flood during May and June smolts could not so easily 

 be detected. It was a fair season. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 



h No ova were secured locally during the past season. The hatchery was 

 shut down during the season of 1906 and spring of 1907, but this 

 season about 110,000 ova were obtained from early fish from Helms- 

 dale River. 



REPORT FROM KYLE OF SUTHERLAND DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. As compared with the average results of previous years, the take of fish 

 generally throughout the district has been about the average. 

 The numbers cannot be given, as the lessees refuse to give information 

 on this head. The catch, however was good, especially by rod. 

 [See note at end.— W.L.C.] 



3. First grilse caught 21st May, by sweep net. 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 43 lbs, 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are : — July, bag nets, 



Portmahomack. 



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