Fuherter. granted b Scotch Parliament in 1705. A bounty 
the 
Scotch was then paid on every last of her- 
rings in whatever way they were and 
upon a last taken by busses and exported £18 Scotch 
allowed. The same act remitted the duties pay- 
on all-materials used in the 
wo years after this enactment, the 
herring fishery seems to ‘have 
eclining state, in spite of all lhe 
, and the li pre- 
miums given for its revi In 1720, a general co- 
ry was formed for the purpose of raising this 
from its — It ee of ew a 
of the ipal people in Scotland ; their capital was di- 
pth! vier eae of £100 each ; but, like the South 
Sea bubble, which burst about the same time, the whole 
éoneern soon vanished ‘into air. . 
In 1727, the Board of Trustees was established, to 
whom the t of £2000 per annum was given 
from the revenue of Scotland, for the encouragement 
of the manufactures and fisheries of that country. We 
¢anhot say what part of this sum was, or is now appro- 
priated for the herring fishery. 
In 1750, the Free British White Herring Com- 
pany act passed in Parliament, whereby it was enacted, 
that a capital might be subscribed of £500,000, the 
proprietors to receive 3 per cent. per ann. upon the 
sums paid in during fourteen years. A bounty was 
also allowed of 30s. cons fe alt Wente thom b0'% 
80 tons employed in the service of the company. His 
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, (who was enthu- 
pot ane! Rarer ache ams Prieta pee os 
nor. This national association, although patronized by 
the first people in the kingdom, and ising fair in 
tant sage was soon after its establishment given up. 
By this act it was likewise mere toe every fishin, 
company, at any port in Britain having a capital 
£10,000, should also be entitled to the ati fein 
Bae a Rey Pas sete Free British 
White Herring pany. Nei id this 
to the act succeed better. ss 
In (753, 1755, and 1756, three other acts of ~ 
ment were , regulating more icular e 
mode of fishing with busses. 3 eae / 
Another act took place in 1757, by which the boun- 
ties to busses were increased from 30s. to 50s. per ton. 
course of the year 1767, so large a sum as £31,396 was 
id in Scotland to persons engaged in this fishery. 
y an act passed in 1771, this bounty was again re- 
stricted to 30s. ton, by which means the ties 
paid in became trifling, and in England, for 
yoo we ages no bounties for herring busses were 
and improvement. The whi ne- 
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