App. N°I.] ABSTRACT OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 



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company, to take whales or other creatures Hving in the sea, 

 and on no other design or view of profit in such voyage, save 

 and except any reward or rewards offered by any act of Par- 

 liament, for more effectually discovering the longitude at sea, 

 or encouraging attempts to find a northern passage between 

 the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to approach the nor- 

 thern pole *, and to import the whale-fins, oil, and blubber 

 thereof, into the kingdom of Great Britain,"" (naming the 

 port) ; and if the master, after such, certificate had and oath 

 made, do also become bound, with two sufficient securities, in 

 the penalty of a sum equal to treble the bounty -f*, (which bond 

 is to be in force for three years, for the faithful deahngs of 

 the said master and ship''s company in regard to the said ship 

 and voyage,) then, it shall be lawful for any three or more of 

 the Commissioners of the Customs in England and Scotland 

 respectively, on receiving such certificates and oaths made, 

 and it being certified by the Collector and Comptroller of 

 such port that security hath been given, to grant, and they 

 are hereby required to grant, to the master and owners of 

 such ship, full licence to proceed on her voyage. — 26th 

 Geo. III. c. 41. § 1. 



Every ship, which shall be deemed duly fitted, and pro- 

 perly qualified for the whale-fishery, if of the burthen of 200 

 tons, shall have on board 40 fishing-lines of 120 fathoms each, 

 40 harpoons, 4 boats, with 7 men at the least (including an 

 harpooner, a steersman, and a line-manager,) to each boat, 

 making in the whole 28 men ;];, besides the master and sur- 



• 58th Geo. III. c. 15. § 2. 



-j- For the conditions of this bond, vide Appendix No. IV. art. 3. 



4: Hence the number of the different classes of persons in the crew, and 

 quantity of stores in the outfit, as required by this act for ships of different di- 

 raensions, are as follow : 



Tonnage of Ships, l 



150 and under 200, 



200 2.50, 



250 300, 



300 and upwards. 



