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larger burthen an increase of six men, one boat, ten such lines and ten 

 harpoon irons more, for every fifty tons above the said two hundred 

 tons, together with provisions in proportion; and every ship which 

 shall be so employed in the said fishery shall have on board an ap- 

 prentice, indentured for the space of three years at the least, for 

 every fifty tons burthen, who shall be accounted as one of the num- 

 ber of men required to be on board such ship as aforesaid. 



XXIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 

 That on the return of such ship to the port to which the master and 

 mate declared on oath their intention to return, the proper Officers 

 of the Customs at such port shall immediately repair on board, and 

 view the condition of such ship and her lading, and certify the same, 

 together with their observations thereon, as also of the real tonnage 

 of the said ship; and the said Officers are also to take an account or 

 schedule of the names of the master, mate, and other persons on 

 board, distinguishing therein the harpooners and persons more imme- 

 diately employed in the said fishery, and to certify the same ; and the 

 master and mate shall make oath before the Collector and Comp- 

 troller (who are hereby impowered and required to administer the 

 same), on the back of, or annexed to the Licence granted as afore- 

 said, which they are hereby then required to deliver up, that they 

 did in pursuance thereof, mentioning the day of their departure, 

 proceed on a voyage directly to the places aforesaid, and have not 

 since been on any other voyage, or pursued any other design or view 

 of profit; and that they did there (mentioning the time of their stay 

 in those seas) use the utmost endeavour of themselves and their 

 ship's Company to take whales, and other creatures living in those 

 seas; and that all the whale fins, oil, and blubber, imported (if any) 

 in such ship, was really and bona fide caught and taken in the said 

 seas by the crew of such ship only, or with the assistance of the crew 

 or some other ship duly licenced for that voyage, pursuant to the 

 directions of this Act; all which schedule, certificate, licence, and 

 oath, shall be transmitted by the Collector and Comptroller of such 

 port to the respective Commissioners of the Customs for that part 

 of Great Britain where' such ships shall arrive ; and such Commis- 

 sioners being fully satisfied of the faithful dealings of the master and 

 other persons employed in such ships with respect to such voyage and 

 fishery, shall, on demand, cause payment to be made to the master 

 or owners, or to his or their assigns, by the Receiver General of the 

 Customs for that part of Great Britain where such ship shall arrive, 

 the bounty or premium following, according to the admeasurement 

 of such ship, duly certified as aforesaid; (that is to say), For every 

 such ship as shall proceed on the said fishery, from the twenty-fifth 

 day of December one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, to the 

 twenty-fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and sev- 

 enty-six, the sum of forty shillings per ton ; and for every such ship 

 as shall proceed on the said fishery, from the twenty-fifth day of De- 

 cember one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, to the twenty- 

 fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, 

 the sum of thirty shillings per ton; and for every such ship 

 549 as shall proceed on the said fishery, from the twenty-fifth day 

 of December one thousand seven hundred and eighty-one, to 

 the twenty-fifth day of December one thousand seven hundred and- 

 eighty-six, the sum of twenty shillings per ton. 



