§ MR. THORBURN (Peebles and Selkirk)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether it is the intention of the Government to introduce a Bill this Session to amend the Tweed Fisheries Acts, with the view of remedying the anomalies and grievances in the existing Acts complained of in Petitions signed by all classes of the community?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)Yes, Sir; it is the intention of the Government to introduce a general Bill relating to salmon fisheries in Scotland, including the Tweed Fisheries.