§ MR. GORELL BARNES (Kent, Faversham)I beg to ask Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he will 374 take into consideration the desirability of providing that the expense of the protection of our Sea Fisheries shall be defrayed by the Imperial Exchequer, and not from local sources derived from the counties and boroughs abutting on the sea?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (Sir MICHAEL HICKS BEACH,) Bristol, W.If it is necessary to employ one of Her Majesty's ships for the purpose of protecting the Sea Fisheries, the expense is of course defrayed by the Imperial Exchequer; but, where this is not necessary, I see no ground for altering the present law on the subject.