Boards, and which, as already mentioned, prevented the 

 formation of no more than about 20, out of the 105 re- 

 quired, the practical question now is, what can be thought 

 of, as likely to succeed in place of these Boards ? 



The chief suggestion made in the Report of the Com- 

 missioners appointed by Lord Aberdare was, that where 

 in any district a Board has not been constituted, a Fishery 

 Inspector, nominated by the Secretary of State for the 

 Home Department, should exercise all the powers of 

 a Board. 



I failed to see how this plan would work. The arrange- 

 ment which I suggested, and which I may now brkfly 

 sketch, was as follows : 



1st. To allow no persons to fish for salmon in Scotland, 

 without taking out a Licence the amount of the dues 

 to be fixed by the Secretary of State for the Home 

 Department. 



2nd. To have in districts embracing one or more 

 salmon rivers, a Board, consisting, as in England, partly 

 of proprietors and partly of lessees of salmon fishings ; 

 the proprietors who are to be members of the Board, 

 to be selected by a committee, consisting in each county, 

 of the Lord Lieutenant, the Convenor of the County, 

 and the Sheriff; the lessees of fishings who are to be 

 members of the Board, to be selected at a meeting of 

 persons holding Licences, called publicly by the Sheriff; 

 and the Chairman to be elected by the Board either from 

 among their own number or otherwise the election being 

 yearly. , 



3rd. With regard to expenses, these are of three classes : 

 1st, salaries of officials to assist in the management ; 2nd, 

 wages of water bailiffs ; and 3rd, cost of prosecutions. 



The first two classes of expenses would be defrayed 



