646 ADDRESS TO THE CONVENTION 



no vcflVl of lefs than 20 tons fhould be 



. to any bounty, and cx c no Inifa 



or other veflel (hould be intitled to the bounty for 



GO tons, although of a larger burden. 



Agreed to. 



Refolvcdy That it is the opinion of this commit- 

 tee, .11 bufles and veficls employed in tin- her- 

 ring fif iiiould be at libeity, during the time of 

 their continuance at fca, to catch and cure cod, ling, 

 and ..sv.-ell as herrings, and mould be fubject 

 to t' illations, and have the- Time privil 

 of curing the 1. ^ of fiiri with fait duty- 

 free, as in the cafe of herrings ; but that no bounty 

 fhould be allowed on the exportation of the faid other 

 fpecies of fifh ; and therefore, that fuch other fi(h 

 (hould be marked by cutting their tails, in the man- 

 ner prefcribed for marking fiih cured for home con- 

 fumption. Ditto. 



Refolded, That it is the opinion of this commit- 

 tee, That the duties payable upon fifh caught and 

 cured by Britifh fubje&s (fuch fifh being entered 

 and landed as by law required for rim cured for home 

 confumption) mould ceafe and be difcontinu 



I am forry to obferve, that the new laws, though 

 they abolifh fome impediments, are, in other re- 

 els, difcouraging to the Scottifh herring and 

 white fillT liich will undoubtedly give your 



rivals of Ireland and the continent, a decided ad- 

 vantage over you in both. 



cling the herring fifhery : by the for- 

 mer laws, veflcls were to remain at Ua 3 months 

 after their departure from port, unlefs they (hould 

 fooner have completed their loading. By the \ 

 law, they are to remain at fea 3 months, not from 

 the time of failing, as formerly enacted, but " from 

 the day upon which fuch owners or mafters re- 

 " fpe&ively, firft fhot or wetted their nets." Now, 



it 



