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Appendices to Sixteenth AnnvAil Report 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 



A small hatchery at Fish Street, Aberdeen, in the premises of the Aberdeen 

 Salmon Company, capable of receiving from 50,000 to 60,000 ova. Ova 

 actually put in, season 1897 was 45,000, of which 38,000 hatched, and 

 put half into the Dee and half into the Don from 10 to 18 miles above 

 Aberdeen. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 No information on these points. 



General Question — 

 No. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER YTHAN. 



Take of Fish— 



1. Below the average. 



2. (a) and (&) Information cannot be obtained ; (c) about 200 salmon. 



3. {a) On 25th February; (6) By rod and line in the autumn ; (c) August. 



4. {a) and {b) Information cannot be obtained. 



5. {a) Information cannot be obtained ; (6) salmon 39 lbs. ; (c) salmon 



27 lbs. 



Protection — 



1. £1,293 10s. 



2. 2s. IJd. per £. 



3. One all the year round, and four others from October to April. 



4. One — for being in possession of unclean fish; convicted, with £1 lis. 9d. 



of fine and expenses. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish— 



1. None. 



2. There are no cruives. 



3. Yes. 



4. No. 



5. Yes, at all times., 



6. No. 



7. Nothing. 



Pollutions — 



1. No. 



2. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 



1. Yes ; first seen 25th December 1896; at height in March 1897; dis- 



appeared in May 1897. 



2. Above the average level. 

 3. 



Month. 



No. of Fish. 



Males. 



Females. 



Weight. 



Diseased. 



Not 

 Diseased. 



1 



Salmon. 



1 



Sea Trout. 



Spawned. 



1 



Unspawned. 



1896. 









Lbs. 















December 



1 



1 







1 





1 





1 





1897. 























January . 



17 



1-t 



3 





17 





17 





17 





February- . 



8 



8 





53 



8 





8 





8 





March . . 



26 



20 



6 



245 



25 



1 



26 





24 



2 



April . . 



9 



8 



1 



105 



9 





9 





9 





Total, . 



61 



51 



10 



562 



60 



1 



61 





59 



2 



4. No. 



