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Report on Salmon fisheries. 



Year. 



Tweed. 



Tay. 



N. Esk. 



Dee. 



Spey. 





£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



1900, . 





22,548 



6,510 



18,989 





1901, . 





22,558 



6,466 



19,418 



8,608 



1902, 





22 663 



6 494 



19,455 



8,146 



1903, . 



15,338 



22,648 



6,494 



18,393 



8,147 



1904, . 



15,439 



23,099 



6,494 



19,078 



7,396 



1905, . 



15,499 



22,675 



6,489 



19,332 



8,364 



1906, . 



15,499 



22,838 



6,485 



19,068 



8,740 



The assessable rentals of the East Coast Distriets, exclusive of 

 the Beauly and the Wick, and including a sum for the East of 

 Sutherland Districts which does not express the full value owing 

 to the difficulty of separating angling from other sporting values, 

 was in 1906 equal to £107,507. For comparsion with recent 

 annual totals, covering the same divisions of the county, the following 

 is given : — 



1903 



1904 



1905 



1906 



£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



104,815 



106,691 



107,771 



107,507 



Boxes ot The decrease in the number of boxes sent to Billingsgate con- 



Saimon tinues. This decrease is, however, primarily caused by the 

 Bmingsgate. growing practice of sending Scottish salmon to markets other than 

 Billingsgate. In 1906 only 12,282 boxes of salmon were marketed 

 in Billingsgate, showing a decline on the total for 1905 of 2086 

 boxes. Totals are given in the following Table : — 





Total No. of Boxes. 



Average for 10 Years-1884-1893, 



23 ,749 



Average for 10 Years— 1894-1903, 



17,160 



Total for Year 1904, - - 



14,753 



Total for Year 1905, 



14,368 



Total for Year 1906, 



12,282 



