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hands of the collector and comptroller of the customs at the port 

 from whence such vessel was cleared out, testifying that such vessel 

 was duly qualified to proceed on such fishery, in pursuance of the 

 before-mentioned Act, made in the tenth and eleventh years of King 

 William the Third; and that it has been made appear to his satisfac- 

 tion, by a certificate under the hand and seal of the naval officer of the 

 district in Newfoundland where such fish was landed, or, where there 

 is no naval officer, under the hand and seal of the commander of any 

 of His Majesty's ships stationed there, or of such officer as the gov- 

 ernor shall approve, specifying the time of such vessel's arrival, in 

 manner before directed, that such vessel was entitled by the priority 

 and time of her arrival to one or other of the bounties therein men- 

 tioned, as the fact may be; and that the master and mate of such 

 vessel had made oath before such naval or other officer as aforesaid, 

 that the number of fish taken on the first trip amounted to ten thou- 

 sand at least by tale, that he had made two trips at least, and 

 544 that all the fish on both trips were catched on the banks of New- 

 foundland; which certificate and oath the said governor and 

 naval or other officer as aforesaid are hereby empowered and required 

 to grant and administer to the master and mate of such vessel without 

 fee or reward; and upon delivering up tfie said certificate to such 

 collector, the respective bounties therein mentioned shall be paid by 

 such collector out of any money remaining in his hands arising by 

 the duties of customs or other subsidies upon foreign goods imported 

 into this kingdom ; and in case such collector shall not have sufficient 

 money in his hands to pay the said bounties, he shall certify the same 

 to the commissioners of His Majesty's customs in England or Scot- 

 land respectively, who are hereby authorised and required to order 

 the same to be paid by the receiver general of the customs, out of any 

 money in his hands arising by any of the duties and revenues under 

 their management respectively. 



II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, for 

 the better accommodation of the persons belonging to vessels em- 

 ployed in the Newfoundland fishery, it shall and may be lawful 

 for the masters and crews belonging to any vessels fitted out and 

 employed in that fishery, in pursuance of this or any other Act, to 

 occupy and use, for the purpose of curing, salting, drying, and hus- 

 banding their fish, any vacant or void space whatever on any part 

 of Newfoundland which is not then occupied and used for the said 

 fishery, without any let, disturbance, or hindrance, from any person 

 or persons whatsoever, 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. 



" III. And in order to induce His Majesty's subjects in Great 

 Britain and Ireland, and the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and M<m. 

 to carry on the whale fishery on the coasts of Newfoundland, and 

 the seas adjacent," be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 That the several bounties hereafter mentioned shall be allowed an- 

 nually, for eleven years, for five vessels employed in that fishery, 

 under the limitations and restrictions hereinafter expressed; that is 

 to say, such vessels shall appear by their register to be British built, 

 and owned by His Majesty's subjects residing in Great Britain, Ire- 

 land, or the Islands of Guernsey. Jersey, or Man, and navigated 



