§ MR. FETHERSTONHAUGHTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether any arrangement has yet been come to with the conservators in the Erne district as 688 to contribution by the Crown, as owner of Lough Erne, towards the preservation of the fishing and enforcement of the laws against illegal netting and the destruction of spawning fish; and, if not, will he give the matter his early attention, with a view to more careful protection of salmon trout and other fish for the benefit of many poor fishermen to whom Lough Erne is a principal source of the means of earning a living.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce.) The Department of Agriculture are informed that no application has yet been made by the Board of Conservators to the Commissioners of Woods with regard to the proposed co-operation in the protection of the fisheries of Lough Erne. The Department understand that the matter will be considered by the Conservators at their next meeting.