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breach of the by-laws. Illegal fishing implements may 

 be forfeited. 



Powers of officers. Include stoppage and search of 

 vessels and vehicles employed in fishing or in conveying 

 fish. Fisheries officers have the powers and privileges of, 

 and are subject to the liabilities of, constables in their 

 constablewicks, under common and statute law. 



APPENDIX V 



COST OF FISHERY ADMINISTRATION IN THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM, 1901-2 



IT is difficult to give an exact estimate of the total sum 

 expended in fishery administration. This is particularly 

 the case with respect to the English Central Authority. 

 The public accounts do not appear to give any informa- 

 tion as to the proportion of the whole vote for the Board 

 of Trade which was expended by the Fisheries Depart- 

 ment. The estimate of 2500 is founded on the 

 statement of salaries given in Whitakers Almanac. 



England and Wales 



Fisheries Department, Board of Trade (about) ,2,500 x 



Vote for fisheries statistics .... 1,600 

 Incidental expenses under Sea-Fisheries 



Acts ioo 



Grant to Marine Biological Association . i,ooo 2 



Expenditure by Local Fisheries Committees 1 7, 2 1 8 3 



Carry forward ^22,418 



1 Since the transfer of the fisheries staff to the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries this expenditure must have increased. 



2 The English share of the international fishery investigations was carried on 

 by the Marine Biological Association, which received the proportion of the grant 

 on these investigations allocated to England. 



3 Nearly ,11,000 of this total sum was expended by the Lancashire and 

 Western Sea- Fisheries Committee alone. 



