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Ajypendices to Sixteenth Annual Report 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER ALNESS. 

 Take of Fish— 



1. (a) Slightly below the average ; (6) considerably below the average ; 



(c) no fixed engines in district ; {d) below the average throughout the 

 district. 



2. Cannot supply this information. 



3. (a) About 20tli February; (6) about middle of July; (c) from middle of 



June to end of August. 



4. Cannot supply this information. 



5. (a) About 30 lbs.; (c) about 16 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. ^'607 10s. 



2. 6s. per £. 



3. One permanent inspector and four temporary bailiflFs. 



4. None. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. No cruives fished in District. 



3. Yes ; in Alness River. 



4. No. 



5. Yes ; at all times. 

 6 and 7. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No pollution in river. 



The Salmon Disease — 



No salmon disease in district. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. About 25th OctoV)er. 



2. Between 1st and 12th November. 



3. About 25th December. 



4. First half very low ; end of season in flood. 



5. Much less than usual. 



6. Upper reaches of Alness Eiver. 



Kolts- 



1. March. 



2. April. 



3. June. 



4. About half-flood. 



Smolts — 



1. From 20th April to 19th June. 



2. Fair. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



The Board have a hatchery capable of hatching over 100,000 fish. It is 

 situated in the lower reaches of the river. There is also a private 

 hatchery capable of hatching 80,000 fish. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 



Can't state the proportion ; but it was noticed that there were more males 

 than females on the spawning beds. In the month of October there 

 were more females landed by the rod than males. 



General Question — 



The District Board would again direct the attention of the Fishery Board to 

 the destruction of fish occasioned by the illegal mode of fishing pursued 

 in the Cromarty Firth, and to which reference is made in the Appendix 

 to the Fourteenth Annual Report of the Fishery Board (see Part II., p. 52). 



