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said, that it shall and may be lawful for the Hirer or Employer of 

 any such green Men engaged in the said Fishery, to advance to any 

 such green Man, during the Time he shall be in his Service, a Sum 

 not exceeding five Pounds ten Shillings, although the same shall 

 amount to more than one Half of the Wages which shall be due to 

 him, provided a Sum equal to the then current Price of a Man's 

 Passage Home, not exceeding forty Shillings for each man, be 

 reserved to bear the Charge of his Return Home, as directed by the 

 said before recited Act of the fifteenth Year of his present Majesty's 

 Reign. 



"VI. And whereas in and bv the said recited Act, made in the 

 Fifteenth Year of his present Majesty's Reign, it is directed, That in 

 case any Seaman or Fisherman shall at that Time wilfully absent 

 himself from his Duty or employ, without the Leave and Consent of 

 his Hirer or Employer, or the Agent of such Hirer or Employer, or 

 shall wilfully neglect or refuse to work, according to the true Intent 

 and Meaning of his Contract or Agreement, he shall, for every Day he 

 shall so absent himself, or neglect or refuse to work, forfeit two Days 

 Pay to such Owner or Employer: And whereas the said Penalties 

 have been found insufficient;" be it therefore enacted, That, where 

 any such Seaman or Fisherman shall so wilfully absent himself from 

 his Duty or Employ, without the Leave or Consent of his Hirer or 

 Employer, or shall wilfully neglect or refuse to work, for the Space 

 of one Day, he shall, for every Day he shall so absent himself, or 

 wilfully neglect or refuse to work, forfeit any Number of Days Pay 

 not exceeding five, as the said Governor of Newfoundland, or his Sur- 

 rogate, may think just and reasonable; and such forfeiture shall be 

 paid to the Hirer or Employer of such Seaman or Fisherman, in 

 Recompense for the Loss or Damage which he may have sustained by 

 means of, or through such Absence, Neglect of Duty, or Refusal to 

 work. 



VII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That, 

 before any Oil or Blubber, imported from Newfoundland into Great 

 Britain, shall be admitted to Entry Duty-free, the Master, or other 

 Person having or taking the Charge or Command of the Ship or 

 Vessel importing the same, shall make Oath before the Collector or 

 other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port in Great Britain into 

 which the said Oil or Blubber is imported (who is hereby authorised 

 and required to administer such Oath), that the same, and every Part 

 thereof, is really and ~bona fide the Oil or Blubber of Fish or Creatures 

 living in the Sea, actually caught and taken on the Banks and Shores 

 of the Island of Newfoundland, and parts adjacent, wholly by his 

 Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said Fishery from his Majesty's 

 European Dominions, and usually residing in the said Dominions; 

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



VIII. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That, 

 before any Seal Skins, imported from Newfoundland into Great 

 Britain, shall be admitted to Entry Duty-free, the Master, or other 

 Person having or taking the Charge or Command of the Ship or 

 Vessel importing the same, shall make Oath before the Collector, or 

 other Chief Officer of the Customs at the Port in Great Britain into 

 which such Seal Skins are imported (who is hereby authorised and 

 required to administer such Oath), that the same are really and bona 



