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Appendices to Twenty-eighth Annual Report 



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

 times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



{ Salmon, 

 *By Sweep Net-s Grilse, 



( Sea trout, 





23 

 0 

 4 



35 

 6 

 11 



42 

 94 



85 









-r> T-> i -, ( Salmon and 



Line Grilse > 

 1 ' Sea trout, 



6 

 0 



9 

 7 



34 

 6 



45 

 38 



5 

 42 



1 



6 



0 

 1 



* The Clyde nets only work during May, June, and July, so that data of early-running 

 estuary tish are not obtainable. 



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

 Lomond, as included in the above return, for rod and line, are as 

 follow : — (1) salmon, 19th April ; (2) grilse, 14th June ; (3) sea trout, 

 24th April. 



4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 24 lbs. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are :— In Loch Lomond, on 

 May 1st, trolling with minnows on Endrick Bank. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rent for 1909 was nil, there being no "District Board. The 

 district is conserved by the Loch Lomond Angling Improvement 

 Association, whose income from voluntary contributions amounted to 

 £338 14s. 6d. This income is supplemented from other sources. 



3. The water bailiffs employed vary in number with the season. There are 



3 permanent men. As the season advances the staff is increased to 7 

 men. A motor boat now patrols Loch Lomond. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follows : — There were 



several of no great importance. 



Obstructions to the Passage of B'ish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect —None. 



2. Are the bye-laws observed in every case 1 — Yes. 



3. Fish passes built or in prospect :— None. 



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with have been fully detailed in former 



reports. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions were fully stated in reports for years 1906 and 1908. 



2. Remedial measures are as formerly stated. The litigation regarding new 



sewers at Alexandria between the fishing proprietors and their lessee, 

 the said Association, as pursuers, and the Western District Committee of 

 the County Council of Dumbarton, as defenders, which has been for five 

 years before the Sheriff, is now concluded with payment by defenders 

 of a proportion of the pursuers' expenses. The net result of the case has 

 been the installation by defenders of a complete system of modern 

 sewage purification works in connection with these sewers. 



The Salmon Disease— 



1. There has been no evidence of disease seen in the district. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning as follows :— Sea trout, 6th October ; 



salmon, 30th November. 



2. The greatest number spawned as follows :— Sea trout, in November ; 



salmon, in January. 



3. Spawning ceased as follows :— Sea trout, in December ; salmon, in 



January. 



4. As regards numbers of breeding fish, and state of the water, the past 



spawning season is regarded as having been particularly favourable. The 

 redds were occupied by a very plentiful supply of salmon and an average 

 number of sea trout. 



