§ LORD ABINGER, in asking Her Majesty's Government, Whether they intended to introduce any Bill to further amend the Scotch Salmon Fishery Act of 1862?—said that, though the clauses of that Act were good, the Act itself was inoperative, owing to the absence of proper inspection and adequate means of carrying out its provisions.
THE EARL OF MORLEYreplied that it was the intention of Her Majesty's Government to send two inspectors into Scotland in the autumn to inquire into the subject. The inspectors would, of course, prepare a Report, and by that Report the course of Her Majesty's Government would be guided. Until that Report had been furnished it would be impossible for the Government to say whether they would introduce any legislation upon the subject; and if they did, whether it would assume the form of a comprehensive measure, embracing the whole of Scotland, or whether exceptional provisions would be introduced with regard to certain rivers.