§ MR. LEAMYasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as one of "the trustees to aid the Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland," If it be a fact that out of a capital of about £35,000, the greater portion of which is lying idle, the trustees made loans to fishermen to the amount of only £2,244 for the year 1881, although they received in repayment for loans during the same period £3,392; if the expenses of management, including law costs, & c, amounted for 1881 to the sum of £748; and, if he will take the necessary steps to relieve the trustees of the management of this charitable fund, and to place it, as they requested some time ago, under the control of the Inspectors of Fisheries as an addition to the Irish Reproductive Loan Fund?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe hon. Member states the transactions of the Trustees to Aid the Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland as regards loans and repayments in the year 1881 quite correctly. The expense of management in that year was £330; but that sum does not include law costs. I have not the Report for the year by me, and I cannot say what they amounted to. I have had the suggestion contained in the final paragraph of the Question under consideration, and am in communication with the Trustees and the Treasury on the subject; but the matter has not yet arrived at such a stage as will permit me to make any statement in regard to it just now.