§ MR. M. M'CARTAN (Down, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether his 1154 attention has been called to the complaints made by the fishermen of Donaghadee, County Down, regarding the licence for netting salmon in the sea there; whether he is aware that payment of £3 for the annual licence entitles the holder to fish only on one side of the Donaghadee Lighthouse, and that in order to fish to the north and to the south of the lighthouse two licences costing £6 a year are now required; and whether he will consider the desirability of allowing the one licence to be available within a reasonable distance to the north and south of Donaghadee?
THE CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND (Mr. JOHN MORLEY, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)The Inspectors of Fisheries inform me that no complaint has been made to them by the fishermen referred to regarding the licence for netting salmon in the sea. The line to which reference is made as "on one side of the lighthouse," forms the division between two fishery districts, and under the law, licensed nets cannot be fished outside the district for which they are licensed.