of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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Colonel MacDougall, in his Minute, expresses a fear that the marking 
out of the limits of the Several Fishery applied for by Mrs Ogilvie may 
interfere with the Salmon Fishings belonging to the property of 
Balliveolan by scaring ascending salmon, and he wishes the Board to 
make such arrangements as will prevent this. I scarcely think that the 
Board, in the present Inquiry, can go into questions of conflicting rights 
of Salmon Fishings — if such there be — between Barcaldine and Balliveolan. 
But, at the same time, I cannot see that the marking out of the Several 
Fishery is likely to have the effect indicated by Colonel MacDougall ; 
and a glance at the map will show that it is not at all probable that Mrs 
Ogilvie, whose Salmon Fishings are immediately below those of Balliveolan, 
would mark out her Several Fishery in such a way as to scare away and 
drive back ascending salmon, as that would be to injure her own Salmon 
Fisheries as well as those of Balliveolan. It is clearly not her interest 
to do so. 
Sometime after the Inquiry had closed, I received, on Tuesday evening, 
at Oban, two letters from crofters on the Barcaldine estate, protesting 
against their rights of fishing and gathering sea-weed for manure on the 
shores of Loch Creran being interfered with. With reference to these 
letters, I may state that the right of fishing referred to can only be a 
right of fishing for white fish, which will not be interfered with by the 
Several Order; and I may also mention that I am informed, on good 
authority, that there is not the slightest intention to prevent the gather- 
ing of sea-weed by the crofters, to be used as manure. 
I have the honour to be, 
Your obedient Servant, 
ARCH D . YOUNG. 
The Fishery Board for Scotland, 
Edinburgh, 20th November 1891. 
EDINBURGH I PRINTED BY NEILL AND COMPANY 
FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE. 
