588 



A. D. 1776. 



worth whatever that income in the funds would fell for. [16 Gfo. Ill, 



c. 34.] 



The regulations for condu6ling the fifliery for pilchards in the Bay 

 of St. Ives, on the coaft of Cornwall, were fandhoned by parliament. 

 [16 Geo. IU,c. ^6.^ 



The filhcrics on the Banks of Newfoundland and in the Gulf of S'. 

 Laurence, having felt their fliare of the hardfhips which the American 

 war had brought upon all the iflands belonging to the Britifh empire in 

 the Atlantic ocean, the permiflion to export provlfions, contained in 

 the ad 14 Geo. Ill, c. 5 which was almofl confined to the fugar 

 iflands, was now extended to S'. Helena and the other fettlements be- 

 longing to the Eaft-India company, and for bifcuit and peas to New- 

 foundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador. The exportation was permitted 

 till the 1" of January 1777, and was reflrided to the following ports and 



And the fupplies, allowed for the Eaft-India company's fettlements, 

 were not to exceed ic,coo quarters of wheat, meal, rye, &c. [16 Geo. 

 Ill, c. 37.] 



The a6l [ 1 4 Geo. Ill, c. 77] for the dicharge of infolvcnt debtors was 

 renewed with fome additional claufes. [16 Geo. Ill, c. 38.] 



A bounty of ^f per hogfhead was allowed on flax-feed from the 

 United provinces or Auftrian Netherlands, imported into Ireland, for 

 two years, to be reckoned from i" January 1776. [16 Geo. Ill, c. 41.] 

 This article had for many years been imported from Philadelphia to the 

 amount of about 300,000 bufhels annually. Since the American war 

 the Irifti have fallen into the practice of faving their own feed, which 

 they find anfwer very well. 



The punifhment of tranfportation to America was changed to that of 

 hard labour in raifing fand, foil, and gravel, from the Ihoals in the River 

 Thames, for fturdy convids ; and to labour in confinement for female 

 convicts, and for fuch males as are incapable of hard labour. [16 Geo. 

 Ill, c. 43-] ' 



