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Appendices to Sixteenth Annual Report 



3. About 507 during the year : — 



Male. 

 231 

 19 

 43 



Female, 

 117 

 7 

 42 



Total. 

 348 

 26 

 85 

 48 



Salmon — Spawned, . 

 „ Unspawned, 



Grilse — Spawned, 

 Trout „ 



507 



4. No. 



Tlie Spawning Season — 



1. 10th November. 



2. 15th November to 3()th December. 



3. 15tli January. 



4. About an average. 



5. About an average. 



6. Gannochy, King's Ford, Pert Ford, Stob Ford, Bothy Stream, Peter's 



Stream, Bailie Middleton's Stream, Broad Rack, and Bridge Streams. 



Ktilts— 



1. March. 



2. April. 



3. About end of May. 



4. Half-flood and floods. 



Smelts — 



1. April and May. 



2. Very good. 



Artificial Propagation of Salmon — 

 No. 



Proportion of Male to Female Salmon — 

 Estimate two-thirds males and one-third females. 



THE DISTRICT OF THE RIVER BERVIE. 



Take of Fish— 



1. (a), (6), (c) and (d) Below average. 



2. (a), (6) and (c) No. 



3. (a) 25th February ; (b) August ; (c) July. 



4. (a) and (6) Cannot. 



5. (6) About 40 lbs. salmon. 



Protection — 



1. £870 13s. 



2. £156 14s. 



3. Six. 



4. One prosecution for breach of weekly close time. Convicted. 



Obstructions to the Passage of Fish — 



1. None. 



2. No cruives. 



4. No. 



5. When river in flood. 

 6 and 7. No. 



The Salmon Disease — 

 No appearance of disease. 



