§ MR. MUNRO FERGUSONI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether he is 1005 aware that great dissatisfaction prevails amongst the Forth fishermen because of the insufficiency of the safeguards afforded to them by the fishery cruiser Vigilant within the protected waters; that this vessel not only lies for many consecutive days in port, but is habitually there at night when she should be on the fishing grounds; that she has no practical fisherman on board who could indicate when the depredations of the trawlers can be watched, and is therefore on this account alone almost useless; and whether he will take stops to secure the efficient discharge of the duties for which the Vigilant was supplied?
§ * MR. J. P. B. ROBERTSONThe information upon this subject has not come to hand. I must therefore ask the hon. Gentleman to postpone the question.