§ MR. ANDERSON (Elgin and Nairn)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether the attention of the Government has been called to the great success attending the hatching and rearing of sea fish by the Governments of the United States and Norway; whether the Government are 1228 prepared to recommend the establishment of hatching and rearing stations in Scotland, for the purpose of increasing by artificial means the supply of sea fish and lobsters; and, if so, whether he will consider the suitability of the Moray Firth or the Cromarty Firth for such an experiment station; would the cost of such a station, with all the necessary appliances, exceed £1,000, or some such sum; and will the Government recommend a Supplementary Vote for this purpose?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD), (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)in reply, said, he was sorry again to ask the hon. Member to postpone the Question, as the information which he had applied for had not vet reached him.
§ In reply to a further inquiry by Mr. ANDERSON,
§ MR. J. H. A. MACDONALDsaid, the hon. Member could not regret more than he did the delay in obtaining the information necessary to supply a satisfactory answer. He could not account for it at present. If his hon. Friend would put his Question down for Monday, he would undertake, by the most active means, to secure the information.