HC Deb 30 July 1897 vol 51 cc1605-6
MR. T. M. HEALY

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland how many fishery bye-laws have been annulled by the Privy Council since Mr. Cecil Roche's appointment as Fishery Commissioner, and how many of these related to the Black water: and can any estimate be formed of the expense to which these invalid bye-laws have put their opponents?

MR. GERALD BALFOUR

I am informed that six bye-laws made by the Inspectors of Fisheries, since Mr. Roche's appointment in July 1892, have been annulled by the Privy Council, three of which related to the Fisheries of the Blackwater. During the same period the number of bye-laws made and approved of was 51. The inspectors are unable to form any estimate as to the expense to which bye-laws not approved of have put their opponents.

MR. T. M. HEALY

asked whether the right. hon. Gentleman could suggest to Mr. Cecil Roche that he might leave the Blackwater alone for a while?

[No answer was given.]