§ MR. EDWARD MITCHELLI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if the Irish Government has yet taken any, and if so, what steps, to carry into effect the recommenda 1322 tions of the recent Viceregal Commission which inquired into the depreciation of salmon and trout culture in the inland rivers of Ireland, and more particularly the recommendation of the establishment of an Irish Fishery Department, responsible only to Parliament, and distinct from the Irish Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction.
§ MR. WYNDHAMEffect has been given to all the recommendations of the Commission which do not necessitate legislation. The Commission did not recommend the formation of a Fishery Department of the character suggested in the question. On the contrary, it proposed the establishment of a Fishery Board subordinate to the Department of Agriculture. The latter Department has appointed a special Advisory Committee on Fisheries to assist it in this branch of its work.