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

 24 lbs. 



The particulars of time and place of capture are : — Caught by net and 

 coble at the mouth of the Conon in May. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1906 was £3046 10s. 



2. The assessment levied was Is. 2d. per £. 



3. The water bailiffs employed are 3 in number — 1 permanent and 2 



temporary. 



4. Particulars as to prosecutions instituted are briefly as follows : — (1) 



Messrs. West & Strachan, salmon fishing tacksmen, Buchanhaven, 

 Peterhead, lessees of Balintore fishings, were prosecuted for failure to 

 remove leaders of bag nets during weekly close time. They were 

 tried at Tain on 2nd August 1906 before Sheriff-Principal Guthrie, 

 and convicted and fined £9. (2) Alexander Skinner, fisherman, 

 Cromarty, was prosecuted for sending foul sea trout to Glasgow 

 market on 25th April 1906. The prosecution was at the instance of 

 the Fishmongers' Company on our behalf. The trial took place at 

 Dingwall on 10th July before Sheriff-Substitute Mac Watt, and accused 

 was convicted and fined £15 13s. (including expenses), with the 

 alternative of six weeks' imprisonment. In both cases the fines were 

 paid. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



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



2. With regard to the observance of bye-laws : — All the bye-laws were 



strictly observed. 



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



4. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with are : — Falls of Rogie, Falls of 



Garve, Falls of Orrin, Falls of Scatwell, and Falls of Conon. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions are : — Distilleries at Muir-of-Ord and Dingwall. 

 1. Remedial measures : — Nothing has been done. 



The Salmon Disease- 

 No disease. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning about the middle of October. 



2. The greatest number spawned from 3rd to 15th November. 



3. Spawning ceased about the middle of December. 



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



spawning season is regarded as considerably above the average in 

 number of fish on the redds. The river was in flood during the 

 greater part of the spawning season. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards in the last week of March. 



2. As a smolt year 1906 was fairly good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon— 



1. The number of ova secured locally during the past season was about 



12,000. 



2. In securing ova the numbers of male and female fishcaptured were : — 



The number of male salmon was about double that of females, 

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