§ MR. FETHERSTONHAUGHTo ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland if he will represent to the Department of Agriculture, etc., the desirability of maintaining a hatchery on the river Erne under the control of the Department instead of subsidising a private hatchery, the sufficiency and management of which is much doubted by many persons interested in the river and Lough Erne.
(Answered by Mr. Bryce) The Department of Agriculture are satisfied that the hatchery referred to is very well managed. They are, however, prepared to enter into an agreement, upon the usual conditions, to enlarge the hatchery, but are not prepared to establish another hatchery in the river under their own control.