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for every fifty tons, in certain ports of Orkney, Shet- 

 land, &c. the act to continue in force until the sig- 

 nature of preliminary articles of peace*. In 1809, 

 certain affidavits were required from the master, 

 and proprietor or consignee, of the whale-fishing 

 ship and cargo, to prove that the articles therein 

 imported were taken hy the crew of the said 

 British huilt vessel, manned and navigated accord 

 ing to law, owned by British subjects, &c. other- 

 wise the cargo to be charged with the duties of 

 foreign producef. In 1810, act 26th Geo. III. c. 

 41. with the various emendations, &c. continued to 

 25th March 1815 1. In 1815, the foregoing acts con- 

 tinued until the 25th of March 1820 ; and also 

 the northern whalers permitted to complete their 

 crews in Orkney or Shetland, &c. in the same pro- 

 portion and manner as in time of war^ ; and in 

 1818, the obnoxious oath, required to be taken by 

 the masters and owners of the fishing ships, that 

 they proceeded " on no other design or view of 

 " jj7'oJit" than taking whales, &:c. was modified, and 

 an exception made as to the making of discoveries, 

 or seeking after any rewards oflTered by Government, 

 for " more effectually discovering the longitude at 



* 46th Geo. III. c. 9- § 1 & 2. 



t 49th Geo. Ill, c. 97. § 37. t -^^th Geo. III. c. 1 1. 



§ 55th Geo. III. c. 39. 



