494 ABSTRACT OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. [aPP. N" I. 



geon, with six months provisions * at the least for such num- 

 ber of men ; and every ship of larger burthen, an increase of 

 6 men, 1 boat, 10 such lines, and 10 harpoons more, for 

 every fifty tons above 200, (as high as 300), together with 

 provisions in proportion, [42d Geo. III. c. 41. § 2.] And 

 every such ship employed in the said fishery, shall have on 

 board apprentices indentured for three years at least, who 

 shall not exceed the age of 20 years, nor be under 12 years 

 of age, at the time they shall be so indentured, in the propor- 

 tion of one apprentice for every fifty tons burthen, [32d 

 Geo. III. c. 22. § 3.] ; and one fresh or green man for every 

 fifty tons burthen ; which apprentices and green men shall 

 be accounted in the number of men required to be on board. 

 —26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 2. 



No bounty shall be allowed, unless there be inserted in the 

 indenture of each apprentice the name or names of the vessel 

 or vessels on board of which he is bound to serve, or to which 

 he may have been turned over, [29th Geo. III. c. 53. § 7.] 



In case the time for which any apprentice shall have been 

 indentured, shall expire during the voyage, such apprentice 

 shall be accounted and considered as an apprentice for the 

 w hole voyage, and shall, on his return from the fishery, be mus- 

 tered accordingly. But no apprentice shall be deemed a le- 

 gal apprentice, unless he be a subject of his Majesty. — 32d 

 Geo. III. c. 22. § 7, 8. 



Vessels that are not provided with their complement of 

 men at the port whence they clear out, may proceed, for the 

 season, to any of the ports in the Frith of Clyde, or in Loch 

 llyan, or to Lerwick in the Isles of Shetland, or to Kirkwall 

 m tlie Orkneys, and complete their number there, provided 

 the number wanted doth not exceed three common men for 

 every fifty tons burthen. On their return, those men may be 

 set on shore where they were taken on board ; and, upon pro- 

 ducing a certificate thereof from the Collector and Comptrol- 

 ler of the Customs, and the master and mate making oath 

 thereof, such ships shall be deemed to have had their full 



" The (quantity of provisions is left to the discretion of the mustering officer. 



