of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 



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APPENDIX i. 



REPORTS FROM DISTRICT FISHERY BOARDS. 



Reports from 35 District Clerks, referring to 49 districts, are here 

 included. I have again no report from the Nith District. The 

 report from the newly-formed Board for the Bladenoch District 

 has not yet been received. In the Districts of Gruinard, Broom, 

 and Little Broom information suitable for making report is not 

 collected. Gamekeepers and others are, however, sworn in as 

 bailiffs for the protection of the fisheries. Concerning the Torridon 

 District, I have received a letter from Duncan Darroch, Esq., of 

 Torridon, who has previously reported, to the effect that the angling 

 season in that district has now practically ceased to yield any salmon, 

 blaming the local bag nets for this, and explaining that " it is really no 

 use trying to fill up the schedule." 



W. L. Calderwood. 



REPORT FROM RIVER TWEED DISTRICT. 

 Take of Fish— 



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



generally throughout the district has been below the average. 

 More particularly it has been 



(a) By fixed engines in the sea, below the average. 



(b) By sweep net in tidal or fresh waters, below the average. 



(c) By rod and line, about the average. 



2. The actual number of fish caught has been as follows : — 



(a) By fixed engine, approximately, 6876. 



(6) By sweep net, actual, 34,882. 



(c) By rod and line, approximately, 3566. 

 Note. — A very large number of fish are captured by rod and line in the 

 open waters in Peeblesshire, of which it is impossible to give an 

 estimate. A good many are also caught in the open waters in 

 Teviot and its tributaries. 



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



times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





Feb. 



Mar. 



Apr. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



Nov. 



By Fixed Engine, 











14-5 



30-0 



40-0 



15 -5 

 (14 



days) 







By Sweep Net, . 



2-6 



3-6 



4-3 



66 



15-8 



30-4 



24-3 



12-4 



(14 

 lays) 







By Rod and Line, 



477 



3-36 



3-37 



2-87 



3-52 



0-97 



1-74 



3-04 



23-24 



53-12 



