5.--The Reedham Hall estate was sold by auction by Messrs. Spelman, at
the Rampant Horse Hotel, Norwich, for 31,568. The purchaser was Mr. John
Rose.
8.--Mr. Frank Buckland, Inspector of Salmon Fisheries, opened an inquiry
at Yarmouth, at the request of the Home Secretary, into the crab,
lobster, and other sea fisheries on the Norfolk coast, with the view of
ascertaining the expediency of adopting regulations for the prevention of
waste and the preservation of fish. Similar inquiries were held at Lynn,
Wells, and Cromer.
16.--The annual show of the Norfolk Agricultural Association opened at
Fakenham, and was continued on the 17th. Mr. Anthony Hamond was
president for the year.
19.--An important meeting was held at the Guildhall, Norwich, for the
purpose of conferring with Mr. Frank Buckland as to the possibility of
extending legislative protection to the fishing in the rivers and broads
of Norfolk. Mr. Buckland expressed his full concurrence in the necessity
of an Act of Parliament, for placing restrictions on the fishing, and
resolutions to that effect were adopted. (_See_ January 22nd, 1876.)
21.--The centenary of the opening of the bells of St. Peter Mancroft,
Norwich, was celebrated by the ringers of that church.