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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. 



VIII. Provided always, and be it enacted. That in case any such 

 fishing ship or vessel shall at her last clearing out from the said 

 Island of Newfoundland have on board, or export any goods or mer- 

 chandise whatsoever, except fish, or oil made of fish, such ship or ves- 

 sel, and the goods thereon laden, shall be subject and liable to the 

 same securities, restrictions, and regulations, in all respects, as they 

 would have been subject and liable to if this Act had not been made, 

 anything herein before contained to the contrary notwithstanding. 



" IX. And whereas by an Act, made in the twenty-fifth Year of 

 the Reign of King Charles the Second (intituled, An Act for the En- 

 couragement of the Greenland and Eastland Trades, and for the bet- 

 ter securing the Plantation Trade}, and by other Acts of Parliament, 

 it is lawful for any Person or Persons to import into England Train 

 Oil or Blubber of Greenland, and Parts adjacent, and those Seas, or 

 of Newfoundland, or of any other his Majesty's Colonies and Planta- 

 tions, made of Fish, or of any other Creature living in the Seas, and 

 Whale Fins caught in any Ships or Vessels truly and properly be- 

 longing to England or Wales, or Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and 

 imported in such Ships, without paying any Custom or Duty for the 

 same, which Liberty, by a subsequent Act of Parliament, is extended 

 to Ships belonging to Great Britain; and it is reasonable that the 

 same Indulgence should be extended to Oil and Blubber of Fish, and 

 other Creatures living in the Sea. and to Whale Fins caught in any 

 Part of the Ocean by Ships belonging to Great Britain, Ireland, and 

 the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man; " be it therefore enacted 

 by the Authority aforesaid, That from and after the first Day of 

 September, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, the Liberty 

 granted by the said Act to import into this Kingdom Oil or Blubber 

 of Fish, or other Creatures living in the Sea, or Whale Fins taken 

 within the Limits therein mentioned, Duty-free, shall extend, and be 

 construed to extend, to such Oil or Blubber, or Wkale Fins, as shall 

 be so taken in any Part of the Ocean by, and imported in any Ship 

 or Vessel truly and properly belonging to, his Majesty's Subjects of 

 Great Britain, Ireland, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, or Man, 

 any Law, Custom, or Usage, to the contrary notwithstanding. 



X. And it is hereby further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, 

 That from and after the first Day of September, one thousand seven 

 hundred and seventy-five, it shall and may be lawful for any Person 

 or Persons to import into this Kingdom any raw and undressed Seal 

 Skins taken and caught by the Crews of Vessels belonging to and 

 fitted out either from Great Britain, Ireland, or the Islands of Guern- 

 sey, Jersey, or Man respectively, and whereof the Captain or Master 

 and Three-fourths at the least of the Mariners are his Majesty's Sub- 

 jects, or by Persons employed by the Masters or Owners of such Ves- 

 sels, without paying any Custom, Subsidy, or other Duty, for the 

 same, any Law or Usage to the contrary notwithstanding. 



XI. Provided always, That nothing in this Act shall extend, or be 

 construed to extend, to give Liberty of importing any such Seal Skins 



