3 i6 HISTORY OF THE 



The prices will be generally thus, viz. 



Swedifh herrings at Gottenburg, from 75. to 95, 

 Average prime coft ,.080 



Freight 05 o 



Duty in Ireland o 10 o 



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Scottifh herrings delivered in 



Ireland .100 



Duty . , a i o 



i i o 



Jrifh herrings from i6s. to 205. 

 The average . o 1 8 o 



The parliament have alfo granted a bounty of 2s. 

 per barrel on Irifh herrings exported; which, with 

 thefmall fize of their barrel, the low price of fait, and 

 the advantages arifing from the certain arrival of the 

 flioals annually on aTmall tract of coaft, muft en- 

 able the Iriih merchants to engrofs the Weft India 

 market^ unlefs adequate encouragements fhall be 

 fpecdily given in aid of the Britilh fiiheries. 



Of tie Irijb White Fijberies. 



Thefe are chiefly cod, ling, hake, coal fifh, and 

 haddock. In thefe fifheries the Jrifh are very ex- 

 pert, being trained thereto by their fifliing on,the 

 banks of Newfoundland, as well as the bays of that 

 ifland, to which fifheries fome thoufand Irifhmen 

 refort every feafon, and from whence they return 

 with a fmall pittance to their families. 



White fifh abound on the weft coaft of Ireland, 

 but the banks have not been fufficiently explored, 

 and no fifhery hath yet been eftabliilied with fuc- 



eels'. 



