496 ABSTRACT OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. [aPP. N** I. 



fully satisfied of the faithful dealings of the master and other 

 persons employed in such vessel, with resj^ect to such voyage 

 and fishery, shall, on demand, cause payment to be made to 

 the master or owners, of a bounty or premium of 20s. * per 

 ton, according to the admeasurement of every such ship or 

 vessel, duly certified as aforesaid. — 26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 3.; 

 32d Geo. III. c. 22. § 2. 



The Commissioners of the Customs in England and Scot- 

 land, respectively, shall order the said bounties to be paid out 

 of any monies that shall be in the hands of the respective 

 Receivers-General, arising from any of the duties and reve- 

 nues under their management. — 26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 6. 



No ship or vessel which shall not, before the 25th of De- 

 cember 1786, have been employed in the said fishery, al- 

 though such ship or vessel be above i300 tons "I* burthen, shall 

 be entitled to a larger bounty than a ship or vessel of 300 

 tons would be entitled to, [26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 8.] But 

 the owner or owners of any vessel above the burthen of 300 

 tons, shall not be obliged to fit out, equip, and man any such 

 ship, otherwise than as a ship of 300 tons, in order to entitle 

 him or them to the bount}?, — 26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 9. 



And whereas it hath been found by experience, that ships 

 of 150 tons burthen are fit for the said fishery, every owner 

 or owners of any ship of 150 tons, therefore, which shall be 

 employed in^the said fishery, who have conformed themselves, 

 in proportion to their tonnage, to the rules and directions pre- 

 scribed to the owners of ships- of greater burthen, shall be en- 

 titled to the said bounty, according to the admeasurement of 



• At the time of passing the act 26th Geo. III. the bounty was 30s. per 

 ton ; but in 1792, by act 32d Geo. Ill, c. 22. it was reduced to 25s., and, af- 

 ter the year 1795, to 20s. by the same act. 



•f Ships employed in the fishery at the time of passing this act, (1786), if 

 above 400 tons burthen, were entitled to a bounty of 400 tons; and in case 

 such ships were not worn out, they were to enjoy the same until the 25th of 

 December 1791, [26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 8.] And such ships were not re- 

 quired to be fitted out otherwise than as ships of 4O0 tons, in order to entitle 

 them to the bounty Ibid. § 9. 



