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Motion made, and Question proposed,
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire what are the reasons for the present
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scarcity of Oysters, and what has been the effect of the measures relating to Oyster Fisheries adopted by Parliament subsequently to the Report of the Royal Commission on Sea Fisheries in 1866."—(Sir Charles Legard.)
§ Amendment proposed, at the end of the Question to add the words "and to report what further legislative measures may, in the opinion of the Committee, be desirable."—(Mr. Cawley.)
§ Question, "That those words be there added," put, and agreed to.
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Main Question, as amended, put, and agreed to.
Select Committee appointed, "to inquire what are the reasons for the present scarcity of Oysters, and what has been the effect of the measures relating to Oyster Fisheries adopted by Parliament subsequently to the Report of the Royal Commission on Sea Fisheries in 1866, and to report what further legislative measures may, in the opinion of the Committee, be desirable.
§ And, on March 9, Committee nominated as follows:—Mr. EDWARD STANHOPE, Mr. SHAW LEFEVRE, Viscount HOLMESDALE, Mr. HERBERT, Colonel LEARMONTH, Mr. DILLWYN, Lord RENDLESHAM, Mr. WYKEHAM MARTIN, Mr. MALCOLM, Mr. MITCHELL HENRY, Mr. O'CONOR, Mr. PEMBERTON, Mr. EUSTACE SMITH, Major WALPOLE, Mr. ARTHUR VIVIAN, Mr. ASHBURY, Mr. WADDY, Sir CHARLES RUSSELL, and Sir CHARLES LEGARD:—Power to send for persons, papers, and records; Five to be the quorum.
§ And, on March 15, Lord CLAUD HAMILTON and Mr. FULLER MAITLAND added.
§ House adjourned at a quarter after Four o'clock in the morning.