§ MR. CLIVEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether two inquiries at the public cost into the Bye-laws of the Severn District have been granted, and what other similar inquiries have been held at the public cost; whether an inquiry into the Bye-laws of the Wye District, made in 1874, 472 was refused at the public cost; whether any inquiry has been held into the Wye Bye-laws, and what has been the result; whether he will lay upon the Table Copies of the Correspondence which has passed between the Home Office and the Conservators of the Wye District; and, of the Reports of the Inspectors of Salmon Fisheries relating to the Wye Bye-laws?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, said, that there had been two inquiries at the public cost—the first related to the size of the mesh to be used in fishing with nets; the second as to the use of nets for other fish than salmon. There had also been an inquiry in 1873, before the passing of the Fishery Act, at the public expense, and in the preceding year there had been a public inquiry into the general question. As to the Correspondence, he had no objection to lay a Copy of it on the Table, except that it happened to be very bulky, and he could not consent to produce only part of the Correspondence. He would lay the whole of it on the Table if the hon. Member moved for it.