34 Appendices to Sixteenth Aimual Report 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER FIND HORN. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a) Below average; (6) below average ; (c) below average ; {d) l:>elow 



average. 



2. (rt), Q>\ and (0 No. 



?>. (a) nth February ; (b) April and ^lay ; (c) May, June and July. 

 4. (a) Olid (b) Cannot say. 



T). (rt) Salmon 36 lbs.; trout 4 lbs; (6) Salmon 45 lbs.; (r) Salmon 21 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £3436. 



2. £345. 



3. Eighteen water bailiffs. 



4. No. 



•01).structi(nis to the Passage of Fish — 



1. No dams in the district. 



2. No cruives in the district. 



3. No dams or cruives. 

 4 and 5. No passes. 



6 and 7. No. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No pollution. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. No disease in the district. 



2. Xo disease. 



3. No diseased salmon. 



4. No. 



The Spawning Season — 



1. tipper district, 18th October; lower district, 19th November. 



2. U]jper district, between 26th October and 26th November ; lower district, 



jjecember and January. 



3. Upper district, 30tli November ; lower district, end of January. 



4. Upper district very low; lower district high. 



6. Ui)per district Ijetween Drynachan and Coigiiafearn; lower between 

 AVaterford and Sluie. 



1. Kelts begin to migrate seawards immediately after the spawning season 



is over. 



2. January and beginning of February. 



3. .Ma}'^ generally. 



5. Sometimes Hood, half-flood, and low. 

 Smolts — 



1. From the middle of March till the end of May. 



2. Very good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



Kelts- 



No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Cannot say. 



•General Question — 

 No. 



