498 ABSTUACT OF ACTS OF PARLIAMEXT. [aPP. X"^ I, 



voyage on or before the 10th of April each year, shall be en- 

 titled to the bounty, although she have not taken the quantity 

 of oil specified in the foregoing act, (namely, 26th Geo. III. 

 c. 41.) if it appear by her log-book that she had continued 

 in the said seas, diligently endeavouring to catch whales, or 

 other creatures living therein, and did not depart from thence 

 iHitil the expiration of sixteen weeks from the time of her 

 sailing from the port where she was surveyed and cleared out, 

 provided she has not touched at any other port in the voyage, 

 and have complied with all the other regulations of the said 

 act.— jeOth Geo. III. c. 53. § 2. 



In case it shall happen, that any ship or vessel shall not 

 sail from the port where she was surveyed and cleared, on or 

 before the said 1 Cth day of April, provided it shall be made 

 appear, to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of the Cus- 

 toms in England and Scotland respectively, that such ship 

 was properly qualified and duly fitted out, and surveyed, 

 cleared, and ready for sailing before the said 10th of April, 

 but was prevented from sailing by some unavoidable impedi- 

 ment, but shall actually have sailed on or before the 25th 

 day of April, it shall be lawful for the said Conmiissioners, 

 or any four or more of them in England, or any three or 

 more of them in Scotland, to pay the bounty for such ship, 

 in like manner as if the said ship had actually sailed on or 

 before the 10th day of April.— 26th Geo. III. c. 41. § 5. 



No bountv shall be paid to any person or persons what- 

 ever, on account of any ship employed in the said fisheiy, 

 ■unless a log-book shall have been constantly kept on board, 

 in which log-book the various situations and occurrences re- 

 specting such ship, during the whole course of the voyage, 

 shall be inserted every day, and particularly the times when 

 such ship shall have been in sight of land, distinguishing what 

 land, a)id the bearings thereof, and the supposed distances 

 therefrom, and the soundings ; and also the times when, and 

 the latitude in which, any whale, or other creature living in 

 the sea, shall have been killed, taken, or caught by the crew 

 of such ship ; Avhich lug-book shall be delivered by the mas- 

 ter, or other person having the command of such ship, at the 



