§ MR. ERRINGTONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether he has yet received any Reports from the Inspectors of Fisheries as to the use by fishermen and poachers of dynamite to destroy fish in the sea and rivers; and, if so, whether he will lay upon the Table Copies of such Reports, and will state what steps he proposes to take to check a practice so destructive?
MR. ASSHETON CROSSNo, Sir. The Inspectors have completed their investigations so far as the sea fisheries are concerned. They are at present considering the question of river fisheries. As soon as I have received the Reports I shall have great pleasure in laying them on the Table.