30. Sir GEORGE HAMILTONasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether, if the new surveying vessel to be constructed for the Department of Fisheries at a cost of £80,000, plus £180,000 for the operating expenses, whilst searching for new fishing grounds discovers any valuable ground, it is proposed that the British chart publishers should be allowed to publish this information free of charge for the British fishermen without copyright claims being made upon such publishers?
§ Mr. AMMONIn the event of any valuable fishery grounds being discovered in the course of the proposed surveys, such information will be communicated forthwith to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for immediate dissemination to the fishing industry. British 1882 Admiralty charts showing the details of the surveys will be published in due course. All Admiralty charts are Crown Copyright and if any publisher desires to copy them application for permission would require to be made to the Controller of His Majesty's Stationery Office in whom Crown Copyright is vested.