§ MR. W. LUCAS-SHADWELL (Hastings)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government will consider the desirability of amending the Fisheries Regulation Act, 1888, with the object of defraying the expenses incurred by the Committees appointed under that Act out of Imperial funds, instead of, as is now the case, out of the funds of the boroughs and counties on the sea coast?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.These expenses were imposed by the Act upon the local authorities without any objection at the time, and I see no reason for altering the law.