of the Fislienj Board for Scotland. 



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4. Mr. Dickson to the Secretary of the Fishery Board, dated 

 9th April 1897. 



Sir, — Your letter dated IStii ult. was submitted to the District 

 Board at their meeting to-day, and I was instructed to reply in the 

 following terms, viz. : — 



1. That Colonel Mclnroy of The Burn was elected a member 

 of the District Board in September last, and that the appli- 

 cation to your Board for a report by an expei-t was made on 

 the motion of Colonel Mclnroy on behalf of himself and of 

 several other proprietors of the upper fishings. 



2. That this Board have not already taken any steps in the- 

 matter, and now wish a report by an independent person. 



3. Tha,t their action will be regulated by the terms of his 

 report. 



The river is generally low in the beginning of June, and if, con- 

 venient for the Exj)ert to visit it about that time, I shall be glad to 

 hear from him previously. — I am, etc., 



Arthur Dickson. 



5. The Secretary of the Fishery Board to Mr. Dickson, dated 

 29th December 1897. 



Sir, — At a meeting held on 23rd inst. the Fishery Board for 

 Scotland had under consideration a report, dated 20th inst., by Mr. 

 Walter E. Archer, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries for Scotland, of a 

 visit to the Morphie and Craigo dam dykes, which formed the' subject 

 of your letters of 16th February and 9th April last, and in accordance 

 with the directions of the Board, who approved of the conclusions 

 arrived at l^y Mr. Archer, I enclose a copy of the report for the 

 information of the North Esk District Board. — I am, etc., 



W. C. EOBERTSON. 



6. REPORT BY Mr. WALTER E. ARCHER, Inspector of Salmon 

 Fisheries for Scotland. 



I have the honour to report, for the information of the Fishery Board 

 for Scotland, that in accordance with my instructions I visited the 

 river North Esk on the 16th July, and on the 16th and 18th October 

 last, for the purpose of reporting on the state of the Craigo and Morphie 

 dam dykes and the bed of the river in their immediate neighbourhood. 



I was accompanied on my inspection by Mr. Arthur Dickson, clerk to 



the District Board of the River North Esk, and was met at the river- and others met 



side by several members of the District Board, proprietors and tacks- with in the 



men of salmon fisheries, water bailiflfs and others, and had the advan- po^^^^® ^■^^^ 



^ , . . ' inspection, 



tage or hearing then- views. 



In the bye-law (Schedule G, 31 and 32 Vict., c. 123) which regulates ^'°!}aw''sche- 

 the construction and use of mill dams, certain definite rules are laid (juie G. ' 

 down with regard to the position, the minirtium dimensions, and the 

 maximum gradient of fish-ladders, and in addition it contains the follow- 

 ing general provision, viz. : — " There shall be a salmon pass or ladder 

 " on the down stream face of every dam, or weir, or cauld, capable of 



