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Appendices to Ninth Annual Report 
Annual Close Time and Gauge for Yellow Trout. 
At present there is neither an annual close time nor a gauge for yellow 
trout in Scotland. Do you think that it would be desirable to have 
such a close time or a gauge to prevent the basketing of too small trout 1 
If you think so, state over what months the annual close time should 
extend, and also state what length you would fix for the gauge. 
Illegal Fishing. 
Is there any illegal fishing in the waters attached to your hotel ; or are 
they so efficiently watched as to prevent such fishing ? 
Natural Obstructions to the Passage of Salmon. 
1. Mention the natural obstructions in the shape of waterfalls in your 
district which prevent the ascent of salmon. State whether there are 
good and extensive spawning grounds above them, and give your opinion 
as to the best mode of opening up such spawning grounds, by attaching 
a salmon-ladder to the fall ; by blasting it ; or by a combination of the 
two methods. 
2. At present, District Boards, under the 13th section of the Salmon 
Fisheries Act of 1868, have power to attach a fish-pass to a waterfall by 
agreement with the proprietor. There is no compulsory power similar to 
that which is conferred, under certain conditions, on Boards of Con- 
servators in England by section 49 of the Salmon Fisheries Act of 1873. 
Would you be in favour of giving such compulsory power ; and if so, 
under what conditions and restrictions ? 
Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880. 
Do you think that 'The Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880,' which pre- 
serves a variety of birds — specified in the schedule attached to the Act — 
which destroy salmon and trout ova and fry, should be repealed as regards 
Scotland ? 
General Question. 
Are there any other points in connection with the fisheries in the 
waters attached to your hotel, to which you would wish to direct atten- 
tion, in addition to those contained in the preceding queries ? 
NOTE IV. 
BESCHIPTION AND PLAN OF PROPOSED PASS FOR OPENING 
UP THE FALLS ON THE TYNE AT EAST LINTON. Drawn 
up by G. H. list, Esq., Chief Constable of Haddington and 
Berwick. 
The Tyne falls over rocks at East Linton 14 feet perpendicular, but 
there is a Fish-pass from 11 to 14 feet wide cut in the rocks. It is 93 feet 
long, but is very irregular in its fall, one part having a rise of 6 feet in 1 4 
feet. 
