A. D. 1771. 



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The fame bounties were alfo granted to Britifh-Araerican veflels, not 

 more than two years old, proceeding, after due infpedion, from their 

 ports in America before the firfl day of May for the Greenland feas, 

 and thence to fome port in Britain with the produce of their fifhery. 



For the encouragement of the whale fifliery in the Gulf of St. Lau- 

 rence, and on the American coaft, whale fins taken by Britifli fubjeds, 

 were permitted to be imported till the 25''' of December 1786, in vef- 

 fels navigated according to law, paying no other duty than that called 

 the old fubfidy. [i 1 Geo. Ill, c. 38.] 



While this ad was in contemplation, a retrofped: of the Greenland 

 whale fifhery fince its revival in this kingdom was produced, in order 

 to evince the propriety of continuing the bounty for fuch a term of 

 years as might indemnify the merchants for adapting their veflels, and 

 laying in the neceflary {lores, for fuch an expenfive undertaking : from 

 that retrofped, together with the more accurate information furniflied 

 by the cuftom-houfcs of England and Scotland, I have drawn up the 

 following account. 



The Greenland fifhery, after baving been many years abandoned by 

 the Englifh, was revived in the year 1725 by the South-fea company, 

 who carried it on with very great lofs to themfelves till the year 1733. 



For the encouragement of adventurers, the government thenoflfered a 

 bounty of 2q/"a tun, which in feven years after was raifed to 30/": yet 

 there were only from three to fix veflels employed in the filhery from 

 the year 1733 till 1749. 



In the year 1750 the bounty of 40/" a tun took place ; and after that 

 time the veflels which failed from England and Scotland for the Green- 

 land feas, their tunnage, and the bounties paid to them in each year, 

 were as follows. 



FBOM ENGLAND. 



Bounty paid. 



s£w,507 3 

 16,530 19 

 17,231 9 

 27,693 



31,328 6 

 45,634 18 

 42,103 1 

 34,450 O 

 27,006 6 

 19.273 18 

 20,540 5 

 19,247 15 

 13,358 6 

 18,465 15 

 19,463 16 

 18,748 17 

 19.947 2 

 24 ,.537 9 

 24,026 18 

 24,935 12 

 29,240 18 



FROM SCOTL.^ND. 



Bounty paid. 



^666 



3,866 2 11 



6,274 2 11 



8,589 5 O 



9,361 5 O 



9,929 5 O 



9,315 5 O 



8,567 13 4 



8,271 13 4 



8.959 13 4 



8,477 13 4 



8,477 13 4 



8,045 13 4 



5,6-19 * o 



6.281 O 



5,119 O O 



5,595 O O 



5,595 o 



5.595 o o 



5,505 O O 



5,5y5 B 



