§ MR. WEIR (Ross and Cromarty)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate if he will 11 state in how many instances during the year 1897 foreign trawlers have been prosecuted for trawling within the three mile limit in Scottish waters; and in how many instances convictions have been obtained?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireI am informed by the Fishery Board that no foreign trawler was prosecuted for fishing in the territorial waters in 1897.