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To thefe pofitive expenditures may be added, in- 

 finance during the fifhery; the various fees inwards 

 and outwards, and upon fait ftored from year to 

 year; commiflion to agents; charges on rcpack- 

 irg for exportation; cabin ftores, coal, candles, 

 and other petty difburfcments, which being added to. 

 the general account, leaves the adventurer confider- 

 ably out of pocket, in the prefent (late of the fifhery, 

 after all his anxieties, cares, and labours, fcefides his 

 lofs of time. 



The following table fhows the revolutions of the 

 bufs fifhery ; and when we corifider the magnitude 

 of the expences as above dated, the dangerous leas 

 to be navigated, particularly during the winter fifh- 

 ery ; the grievous reftri&ions, and fait regulations, 

 which the adventurers labour under, while thofe of 

 other nations have the moft ample freedom ; and the 

 the lofs of markets in confequence of thofe reflric- 

 tions ; it is matter of furprize that the whole fi{h<rry on, 

 the bounty laws hath not been entirely g;vea up. 



