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public advantage, and whether any, and if any, what 

 alterations are called for by the change of circumstances 

 since the present system was first established, I proceeded 

 to Edinburgh in October last, and addressed myself to the 

 inquiry which the Lords of the Treasury desired to be 

 made. 



" In carrying on this inquiry, in which Mr J. B. Hume 

 was good enough, with the sanction of their Lordships, to 

 afford me his useful and voluntary aid as secretary, I re- 

 ceived every assistance from the Board of Fisheries and 

 their officers which I could desire. 



" They gave me the most unreserved access to their 

 minutes and correspondence, and the entire use of their 

 office and clerks ; and their secretary, Mr Primrose, in a 

 spirit of integrity and impartiality which demands my 

 grateful notice, used his best exertions to collect informa- 

 tion for me, whether favourable or unfavourable to the 

 continuance of the functions of the Board. 



" The expenditure under the superintendence of the 

 Fishery Board for the year 1847, including the annual 

 grants made under the Act 5 Geo. IV. c. 64, for harbours 

 and piers, and for materials towards the repair of fisher- 

 men's boats, may be thus classified : — 



1. Expenses in relation to the office in Edinburgh, — 



Salaries, .... L.965 4 



Travelling expenses, 



Law expenses, 



Taxes, 



Postage, 



Contingencies, 



92 15 1 



15 10 9 



118 11 1 



19 17 4 



6 11 6 



•L.1208 9 9 



2. Salaries and incidental expenses of the fishery officers 



on the East Coast of Scotland, .... 3185 15 11 



3. Ditto, fishery officers on the West Coast of Scotland, 1786 13 3 



4. Ditto, fishery officers on the Isle of Man, . . 133 14 2 



