§ Mr. PEMBERTONasked the President of the Board of Trade, What course he intends to adopt with reference to the last report of Mr. S. Walpole, one of the Inspectors of Fisheries, on the state of the Herne Bay Fisheries?
§ Sir CHARLES ADDERLEYSir, the Board of Trade would have acted on the Report which had been made to them by Mr. Walpole, and have issued a certificate in accordance with his recomendation; but, having regard to the fact that a Select Committee, of which the hon. Gentleman who asks the Question is himself a Member, has been very recently appointed to inquire into the reasons for the present scarcity of oysters, and possible legislation on this subject, I have thought it desirable to postpone issuing the certificate for the present, as it would be better not to allow a new state of things to commence until the Select Committee report.