HC Deb 12 February 1878 vol 237 c1534
GENERAL SIR GEORGE BALFOUR

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, To obtain and furnish the House with information as to the accuracy of the statement in the "Times" of the 7th February, in regard to the shoals of herrings having this winter resorted or returned to the Swedish coasts?

MR. ASSHETON CROSS

We have heard, Sir, from the English Consul at Gothenburg, who reports that— The shoals of herrings of a large kind which disappeared from that coast in 1809 have made their appearance there again. Letters on this subject have been prepared, and shall shortly be laid on the Table.