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official inspectors, with the powers and duties of the inspectors in 

 England and Ireland. For England, there are two most able and 

 intelligent inspectors (Mr. Spencer Walpole and Professor Huxley), 

 each with a salary of .700 yearly, a Government office in London, 

 and a secretary, who has a salary of ji6o yearly. For Ireland, 

 there are three inspectors, equally able and intelligent, Major 

 Hayes, Mr. Brady, and Mr. Johnston, each with a salary of ^700, 

 a Government office in Dublin, and a secretary, who has a 

 salary. These inspectors are in frequent communication with the 

 District Fishery Boards, not only by correspondence, but by 

 personal visits to the rivers, and thereby afford to the Boards 

 much valuable advice and assistance. 



Why should there be no similar arrangement for Scotland? 

 The following estimates have been given of the yearly value of the 

 Salmon Fisheries in the three divisions of the kingdom : 



These figures are surely sufficient to establish the importance of 

 the fisheries in each division of the kingdom. 



If the preservation of salmon in our country be allowed to be 

 an object of national importance, why should the same means for 

 attaining that object, adopted in England and Ireland,] not be 

 applied to Scotland ? 



The obligation of Government to look after those fisheries, 

 which afford alike a large supply of wholesome food to our popu- 

 lation, and means of extensive employment to the industrial 



* The figures in this table are taken from Mr. Young's Treatise on Salmon 

 Fisheries in Stamford's series of ' British Industries.' It is understood that 

 Mr. Young's information was derived from official returns, so far as regards 

 England and Ireland ; and, as regards Scotland, from his own personal know- 

 ledge of the Scotch rivers, and returns furnished by clerks of District Boards. 



