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Appendices to Thirteenth Annual Report 



Fluctuations in the River Level — 



Do you base your observations as regards tlie level of the rivet on records 

 obtained by means of a standard gauge of by general terms such as 

 ■ flood/ 'half-flood,' ot ' low'? 



Wild Birds' Protection Act, 1880— 



Do you think that the 'Wild Birds' Protection Act,' 1880, which preserves a 

 variety of birds — specified in the Schedule attached to the Act — which 

 destroy salmon and trout ova and fry, should be repealed as regards 

 Scotland ? 



General Question — 



Are there any other points relating to the salmon fisheries in yotir district 

 to which you would wish to direct the attention of the Board, in 

 addition to those suggested by the preceding queries ? 



ANSWERS TO THE FOREGOING QUESTIONS. 



In those cases where the answers to any of the above question's consists 

 of a simple negative, it has been omitted from the following return. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER FORTH. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (d) Much below the average. 



3. (a) 11th of February when fishing opened ; (6) July and August; (c) 

 grilse in June, and thereafter till end of season ; sea- trout all the season 

 5. A salmon of 40 lbs. weight, caught by drift-net at Alloa. 



Protection — 



1. 1893-94, £3806, 3s. 7d. 



2. 2s. 6. per £. 



3. A superintendent and 12 bailiffs. 



4. 23 prosecutions, with convictions in 22 of them, and in 1 complaint not 



proved. The offences included fishing with nets in close time, Section 

 15 (1) ; fishing for or taking salmon by cleeks, Section 15 (2) ; dragging 

 for salmon (jiggering), Section 17 ; using fish roe for fishing, Section 

 18,— of the 1868 Act. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None destroyed or given up. Information has recently been received of 



an old mill dam on the Ardoch, a tributary of the Teith, having been 

 heightened and that salmon are thereby prevented getting up the stream 

 except in floods. Inquiries are being made on the subject. 

 3. Yes. 



5. Yes. 



7. No, except it may be the dam referred to in the answer to Query I. 



The Salmon Disease — 



L Yes. It made its appearance in the beginning of November 1893 ; it 

 was at its height in January 1894 ; and disappeared about the middle of 

 March 1894. 



2. There are no gauges to show the level of the rivers, but the river was high 



during the prevalence of the salmon disease in December 1893 and 

 January and February 1894. 



