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land which is not then occupied and used for the said fishery, without 

 any let, disturbance or hinaerance from any person or persons what- 

 soever, although such unoccupied places may not before have been 

 reputed ships rooms; and all such unoccupied places shall from 

 henceforth be deemed and taken to be ships rooms, any custom or 

 usage to the contrary notwithstanding. 



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IV. And in order to obviate any doubts that have arisen, or may 

 arise, to whom the privilege or right of drying fish on the shores of 

 Newfoundland does or shall belong, under the before mentioned act, 

 made in the tenth and eleventh year of the reign of King William the 

 Third, which right or privilege has hitherto only been enjoyed by his 

 Majesty's subjects of Great Britain, and the other British dominions 

 in Europe; be it enacted and declared by the authority aforesaid, 

 That the said right and privilege shall not be held and enjoyed by any 

 of his Majesty's subjects arriving at Newfoundland from any other 

 country except from Great Britain, or one of the British dominions 

 in Europe. 



V. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 it shall and may be lawful for any of his Majesty's subjects residing 

 in Ireland to ship and lade there, and to transport directly from thence 

 to Newfoundland, or to any part of America where the fishery is now 

 or shall hereafter be carried on, on board any ship or vessel which may 

 lawfully trade or fish there, any provisions, and also any hooks, lines, 

 netting, or other tools or implements necessary for and used in the 

 fishery by the crews of the ships or vessels carrying out the same, and 

 the craft belonging to and employed by such ships or vessels in the 

 said fishery, such provisions, hooks, lines, netting, or other tools or 

 implements, being the product and manufacture of Great Britain or 

 Ireland; and that it shall and may be lawful for any of his Majesty's 

 subjects, residing in the Isle of Man, in like manner to export directly 

 from thence any of the articles herein-before mentioned for the pur- 

 pose aforesaid, such articles being the product or manufacture of 

 Great Britain, or the said Isle of Man, any law, custom or usage to 

 the contrary notwithstanding. 



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VII. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 That from and after the first day of January, one thousand seven 

 hundred and seventy six, all vessels fitted and cleared out as fishing 

 ships in pursuance of this act, or of the before-mentioned act, made 

 in the tenth and eleventh years of the reign of the late King William 

 the third, and which shall be actually employed in the fishery there, 

 or any boat or craft whatsoever employed in carrying coastwise, to 

 be landed or put on board any ships or vessels, any fish, oil, salt pro- 

 visions, or other necessaries, for the use and purpose of that fishery, 

 shall not be liable to any restraint or regulation with respect to days 

 or hours of working, nor to make any entry at the customhouse at 

 Newfoundland, except a report to be made by the master on his first 

 arrival there, and at his clearing out from thence; and that a fee not 

 exceeding two shillings and six pence shall and may be taken by the 

 officers of the customs at Newfoundland for each such report; and 

 that no other fee shall be taken or demanded by any officer of the 

 customs there, upon any other pretence whatsoever relative to the 

 said fishery, any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. 



