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be paid until fatisfaftory proof fhall be laid before 

 the Society, that the fifh fo exported have been ac- 

 tually fold in foreign parts. .. . 200 



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faking Herrings by Seining. 



The fum of 150!. will be appropriated to be 

 given in premiums of is. per icoo on all herrings 

 taken by the crews of veflels by feining on the north- 

 weft coafl of this kingdom, between the firft day of 

 June 1784, and the firft day of June 1785 ; faid pre- 

 mium to be equally divided between the owners aird 

 the captain and company of fuch velTels: fhould 

 there be claims for more than 3,000,000 of herrings, 

 then thofe fhould be preferred who have contributed 

 moft to the loading of their vefTels, by catching the 

 greateft quantity of fifh, are earlieft, and have moft 

 taerit. , 150 



Leftroying Seals, 



The fum of 50!. will be appropriated to be given 

 in premiums for all feals taken by nets, -killed by 

 harpoons, or fhot on the north -weft coaft of this 

 kingdom, from Aug. i, 1784, to June i, 1785, at 

 the rate of 2 s. for each feal fo taken or killed ; and 

 if more than 500 are claimed, the faid fum of 50!- 

 is to be rateably divided between the claimants: 

 Provided that every perfon, to whom any fuch pre- 

 mium fhall be fo adjudged, fhall be obliged to give 

 to the captain and crew of every vefTel, his pro- 

 perty, half the amount of the premium upon fuch 

 number of feals as fhall be fo taken or killed by the 

 faid captain and crew. . 50 



While this part of the work was in the hands of 

 the printer, I received a paper from Mr. Snow of 

 Lancafhire, in which is the following teftimony of 

 his ingenious invention for drying white fifh during 



the 



