§ MR. FRASER-MACKINTOSH (Inverness-shire)asked the Secretary to the Treasury, Whether his attention has been directed to an advertisement issued within the last few days by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, inviting offers for a ten years' lease of the salmon fishings in Loch Nevis and the sea, ex adverso of the lands of North Morar, on the west mainland of Inverness-shire; whether these fishings have been previously let; and, if so, at what rent, and to whom; whether representations have reached him that the placing of bag nets by tenants of these fishings, the only mode of fishing this rocky coast for salmon, will be highly prejudicial to the white fish and herring fishermen, who from time immemorial have fished these waters without obstruction; and, whether he will stop any leasings of salmon fishings until the promised Committee on Salmon Fishings in Scotland shall have reported?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.)No, Sir; the fishings have not been previously let. Representations have been made to me as to the interests involved, and I have asked the Commissioners of Woods and Forests to suspend taking any further action in the matter at present.