§ 39. Mr. HUGH LAWasked the Vice-President of the Department of Agricul- 1640 ture (Ireland) whether be has received representations showing that the funds of the conservators of fisheries for the Letter-kenny district have been seriously depleted in consequence of the restrictions placed by the Admiralty upon salmon drift-net fishing upon the North-west Coast of Ireland; and whether the Department is prepared to make a Grant, similar to that given in other districts, to enable the Board of Conservators to fulfil their obligations to their employés and to afford adequate protection to a national industry?
§ Mr. T. W. RUSSELL (Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture, Ireland)The Department have this application under consideration.