§ MR. H. FOSTERI beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Corporation of London have recently agreed to reduce by one-half the toll on all water-borne fish 1134 brought to Billingsgate Market, but that no reduction has been authorised in respect of land-borne fish; whether the proposed alteration has been submitted to the Board of Trade, in pursuance of Section 13 of 9 & 10 Vic. c. 346, for the approval and sanction of his Department; and whether, having regard to the large amount of land-borne fish sent to Billingsgate Market from Lowestoft, Yarmouth, Plymouth, and other ports, he will, before giving such sanction and approval, suggest, as specially provided by the aforesaid section, that the reduction of toll shall apply equally to land-borne fish?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. BRYCE,) Aberdeen, S.I have not received any application from the Corporation of London for the approval and sanction of an alteration in the amount of tolls to be paid in Billingsgate. I do not find that the 13th section of 9 & 10 Vic, c. 346, has any bearing on the particular point mentioned in the question.
§ MR. H. FOSTERBut is it not necessary that any alteration of the byelaws or regulations should be submitted to the Department for approval?
§ MR. BRYCEThis section applies to nothing of the kind. I do not understand that any reduction of tolls has to be submitted for sanction. Section 9 fixes the maximum tolls, and Section 13 requires any alteration in the bye-laws to be submitted to the Board of Trade; but inasmuch as the reduced tolls fixed by the Corporation are much below the maximum, I do not see that it is necessary to submit them for the sanction of the Department.