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A]j}>endices to Twenty -fifth Annual Report 



2. The actual number of fish caught cannot be obtained. 



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



the times of greatest run, the figures are : — 





Feb. 



Mar. 



April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



Aug. 



Sept. 



Oct. 



By Fixed Engine, . 











50 



50 









By Sweep Net, 











50 



50 









By Rod and Line, . 







5 



5 



10 



15 



20 



20 



25 



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

 the above return, are as follows : — First appearance of grilse, 22nd 

 May ; first appearance of sea trout, 29th May. 

 4. The weight of the heaviest salmon taken during the season was 47| lbs. 

 The particulars of time and place of capture are :— The beginning of 

 June, at Lismore Salmon Fishings. 



Protection— 



1. The assessable rental for 1905-1906 was £1305 19s. 



2. The assessment levied was £163 4s. lOd. 



3. One water bailiff is employed. 



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



of Minard Salmon Fishings convicted of breach of weekly close time 

 regulations in Tain Sheriff Court, and fined 10s. each and 10s. each 

 expenses. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. Dam dykes disused, built, or in prospect : — Dam ; Lusragan River, 



Connel Ferry. 



2. Natural obstructions not yet dealt with : —None. 



Pollutions— 



1. The existing pollutions are : — A pollution of the Lusragan Burn through 

 a pipe being led therein from a neighbouring slaughter-house. The 

 proprietors and the County Council have been approached on the 

 matter, but no measures taken to remedy existing state of affairs. 



The Salmon Disease- 

 No disease seen. 



The Spawning Season— 



1. Fish were first noticed spawning: — Sea trout, 25th October; salmon, 



1st November. 



2. The greatest number spawned : — Sea trout, 1st November ; salmon, 19th 



November. 



3. Spawning ceased : — Sea trout, 15th November ; salmon, end of December. 



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



past spawning season there was a plentiful show. As rivers were in 

 very high flood the newly-made spawning beds would suffer con- 

 siderably and much ova be carried away. 



Smolts— 



1. Smolts were noticed to be migrating seawards on 30th April 1906. 



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 45,000. 



2. In securing ova the numbers of male and female fish captured were 



respectively 4 to 1. 



