§ SIR HENRY TYLER (Great Yarmouth)asked the Secretary to the Board 983 of Trade, Whether his attention had been called to the fact that some French fishing smacks had put into Yarmouth on Saturday last, and disposed of their fish there; whether English smack owners were precluded from doing the same thing in French ports; and, whether such a state of things was not prejudicial to British fishing interests?
§ THE SECRETARY (Baron HENRY DE WORMS) (Liverpool, East Toxteth), in reply, said, that he had only received Notice of the Question of his hon. Friend when he reached the House. Telegrams in respect to the subject had been received at the Board of Trade on Saturday night, and instructions were immediately sent to the officer of the Department at Yarmouth to hold an inquiry into the matter. The Report of that officer had not yet been received.