STATUTES, PBOOLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 955 



No. 29. 1824, June 3: British Statute, 5 Geo. IV, Gap. 61. 



An Act to repeal several Laws relating to the Fisheries carried on upon the 

 Banks and Shores of Newfoundland, and to make Provision for the better 

 Conduct of the said Fisheries for Five Years, and from thence to the End of 

 the then next Session of Parliament. 



[3d June 1824.] 



Whereas it is expedient to repeal and amend divers Statutes and 

 Laws relating to the Fisheries on the Banks and Shores of Newfound- 

 land, and to make such further Provisions as the present State and 

 Condition of the Colony require ; " Be it therefore enacted by the 

 King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent 

 of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present 

 Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the 

 Act passed in the Tenth and Eleventh Year of the Reign of His 

 Majesty King William the Third, intituled An Act to encourage the 

 Trade to Newfoundland ; and so much of another Act passed in the 

 Fifteenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the 

 Third, intituled An Act for the Encouragement of the Fisheries 

 carried on from Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions in 

 Europe, and for securing the Return of the Fishermen, sailors and 

 others employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports thereof, at the end 

 of the Fishing Season, as relates to the Masters and Crews of Fishing 

 Ships occupying or using any vacant Spaces in Newfoundland, to the 

 Privilege of drying Fish on the Shores, to Fishing Ships or Boats 

 not being liable to Restraint or Regulations with respect to Days or 

 Hours of working, or making Entry at the Custom House, to the 

 carrying or conveying of Passengers to the Continent of America, to 

 Agreements or Contracts between Hirers or Employers and Seamen 

 or Fishermen, to the Penalties on such Hirers or Employers advanc- 

 ing wages, and on such Seamen or Fishermen absenting themselves 

 from their Duty, or neglecting or refusing to work, and the Manner 

 of determining Disputes and Offences; and also so much of another 

 Act passed in the Twenty sixth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty 

 King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend and render more 

 effectual the several Laws now in Force for encouraging the Fisheries 

 carried on at Newfoundland and Parts adjacent, from Great Britain, 

 Ireland and the British Dominions in Europe, and for granting 

 Bounties for a Limited Time, on certain Terms and Conditions, as 

 relates to the Wages of Green Men, the using of Seines or Nets, Sea- 

 men or Fishermen absenting themselves or neglecting their Duty, or 

 deserting or intending to desert; and also so much of another Act 

 passed in the Twentv ninth Year of the Reign of His said Majesty 

 George the Third, intituled An Act for further encouraging and regu- 

 lating the Newfoundland and Greenland and Southern Whale Fish- 

 eries, as relates to the Privilege of landing and drying Fish in New- 

 foundland, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. 



II. And be it further enacted, That no Alien or Stranger whatso- 

 ever shall at any Time hereafter take Bait, or use any sort of Fish- 

 ing whatsoever in Newfoundland, or the Coasts, Bays or Rivers 

 thereof, or on the Coast of Labrador, or in any of the Islands or 

 Places within or dependent upon the Government of the said Colony ; 

 always excepting the Rights and Privileges granted by Treaty to the 



