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Appendices to Twenty-fifth Annual Report 



REPORT FROM SPEY DISTRICT. 



Take of Fish— 



1. As compared with the average results ot 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, about the average. 



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



2. Percentage of fish caught each month, 1906 :— 





By Net and Coble. 



By Fixed Engine. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



Salmon. 



Grilse. 



Trout. 



February, .... 



18-2 







3-3 







March, .... 



16 '3 





1-3 



1-2 







April, 



14-2 



•9 



5-6 



16-4 





2-7 



May, 



13 -S 





14-4 



10-4 





5-3 



June, . . ... 



8-8 



14-3 



28-0 



22-5 



19-9 



15*6 



July, 



13-2 



65-1 



40-2 



19-2 



58-5 



63 1 



August, 



16-0 



197 



10-5 



27-0 



21-6 



13-3 





100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



100-0 



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

 the above return, are as follows : — First grilse on 31st March; principal 

 run of grilse in July. First sea trout on 11th February; principal take 

 of trout in June and July. 

 3. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 43 lbs. to 

 34 lbs. 



The particulars of time and place of capture are :— February 12 — 1 male, 

 34 lbs., taken in Raik fishing, river Spey; April 17th — 1 male, 35 lbs., 

 taken in Raik fishing, river Spey ; June 28th — 1 male, 35 lbs., taken 

 in Raik fishing, river Spey ; June 29th — 1 female, 40 lbs., taken at 

 Portgordon sea fishings ; June 30th — 1 male, 35 lbs., taken in Raik 

 fishing ; July 9th — 2 males, 34 lbs. each, taken at Portgordon ; July 

 21st— 1 male, 43 lbs., and 1 male, 35 lbs., taken at Portgordon ; July 

 25th — 1 female, 41 lbs., taken at Portgordon ; July 27th — 1 male, 39 

 lbs., taken at Raik fishing ; August 10th — 1 male, 43 lbs., taken at 

 Raik fishing ; 1 female, 39 lbs., taken at Portgordon. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1906 was £8740 15s. 



2. The assessment levied was £1156 6s. 6d., being 2s. 7|d. per year 



1905-1906. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 47 in number. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follows : — One man 



from a band of five detected salmon poachers killing salmon on 

 Dulnain, near Carrbridge, Inverness-shire, on October 1905. Convicted 

 at Inverness Sheriff Court for poaching, as also assault on bailiffs. 

 Fined in all £2 10s., or 21 days' imprisonment. 



