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whitlings within the mouth or entrance of the said river Tweed, and by setting 
of bob-nets and other nets therein, intercept and obstruct the free passage of 
such fish into the said river, to the manifest detriment and loss of the proprietors 
and occupiers thereof : and whereas also, by means of sloops, vessels, cobles or 
boats constructed for the purpose of catching white fish at sea, or for other 
purposes, such idle and disorderly persons fish for salmon , grilses, salmon- 
trouts, and whitlings beyond and further towards the sea than the mouth or 
entrance of the said river extends, by such means not only destroying and 
dispersing the said fish (which at certain seasons of the year are known to make 
in shoals to the fresh water), and by such means driving many of them from the 
coast ; for remedy of which, may it please your Majesty that it may be enacted, 
&c. 
I have the honour to be, 
Your obedient Servant, 
ARCHd. YOUNG. 
The Fishery Board for Scotland. 
NOTE VI. 
REPORT BY THE INSPECTOR OF SALMON FISHERIES TO 
THE FISHERY BOARD FOR SCOTLAND, ON THE RIVER 
LOSSIE. 
18th March 1890. 
I have the honour to report that, in accordance with the instructions of 
the Board, I inspected last week the River' Lossie. 
In my first Report to the Fishery Board I wrote as follows with regard 
to the Lossie : — 
' The Lossie rises in a small loch called Loch Trevie, and falls into the 
' Moray Firth at Lossiemouth after a course of 25 miles. Near 
1 the town of Elgin it is very much obstructed by several dams, which 
' prevent the ascent of fish to the upper waters. It also suffers from 
' pollutions. When I inspected the uppermost dam in March last, it had 
' been partially broken down close to the right bank of the river by a flood- 
* but if it be repaired, its long sloping wooden face will be quite imprac; 
' ticable, especially for spawning fish. The dam immediately below is in 
4 connection with a brewery. It is high and steep, and has no salmon pass. 
'The lowest dam, which supplies water for Mr Johnston's tweed manu- 
factory, is the highest, steepest, and worst of the series. It has no pass 
' or ladder of any kind. These dams quite block up the river, and the 
1 lowest is not above 6 miles from the sea. There are no hecks at the 
' tail-lades ; and the tail-lade of Mr Johnston's mill, where it joins the 
1 Lossie, when I saw it, was nearly as large as the river. In very dry 
' weather it must withdraw much the greater part of the stream in order to 
' supply the mill. , Stake and bag-nets are allowed to fish within 200 
' yards of each side of the mouth of the river, The rental of the Lossie is 
' £185, aud the sea fishing is in the hands of two proprietors — the Duke of 
' Richmond and Captain Dunbar Brand er. There is no District Board. 
' The river itself belongs to the Earl of Moray, and is rented by Captain 
' Dunbar Brander.' 
What I then wrote, seven years ago, applies to the Lossie to-day. There 
are no fish-passes on the dams; no hecks at the intake and tail-lades; no 
District Board. The Bye law regulating dams and lades might as well 
never have been past so far as the Lossie is concerned. The only 
