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I saw a salmon of 15 lbs. taken with the net, on the 
station on the side of the river opposite the ponds ; 
and a year later Mr Nicholson caught with the 
rod at Stanley a salmon of 22 lbs. weight, both having 
the dead fin off. 
Some of you may still be inclined to ask the 
question, have the ponds really done any good ? I 
answer they have certainly done good. 400,000 
smolts leave the ponds annually, and since these 
ponds were commenced, and the close-time lengthened, 
the rental of the Tay fishings has doubled. 
The paper was illustrated by preserved specimens 
of the salmon from a few weeks old to the full-sized 
smolt. 
A very interesting conversation followed the read¬ 
ing of Mr Marshall’s paper, and a vote of thanks was 
cordially given him. 
