§ MR. WEIRTo ask the Lord-Advocate if he will state the number of foreign and British trawlers respectively whose masters have been fined for illegal trawling during the present year, the aggregate amount of the fines, and the account into which such fines have been paid.
(Answered by Mr. Scott Dickson.) The masters of ten foreign and five British trawlers have been fined for illegal trawling during the present year, the aggregate amount of fines is represented by £1,160, and the fines paid have been credited to the account for "Law Charges and Courts of Law, Scotland," under Sub-head U, "Appropriations-in-Aid, Cash Fines, and Forfeitures."