STATUTES, PROCLAMATIONS, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1181 



No. 109. 1845, April 23: Newfoundland Statute, 8 Viet., Cap. 5. 



An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of 

 Her present Majesty entitled "An Act to regulate the Packing and Inspection 

 of Pickled Fish for exportation from this Colony." 



[Passed 23rd April, 1845.] 



Whereas an Act was passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her 

 Present Majesty, entitled "An Act to regulate the packing and inspec- 

 tion of pickled fish for exportation from this Colony" which will 

 shortly expire; and it is expedient that the same should be amended 



and continued for a further period. 



699 I. Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor, Council and 



Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, that the said Act 

 shall be and the same is hereby continued in force for a period of 

 five years; and thence to the end of the then next Session of the 

 Legislature. 



II. And l>e it further enacted that from and after the passing of 

 this Act there shall be levied and paid to Her Majesty, Her Heirs 

 and Successors, upon all Fresh herrings and caplin, and upon all 

 salted or picked [pickled] herrings and caplin in bulk, exported from 

 this Colony, the sum of three shillings for every hundred weight 

 thereof. 



III. And be it further enacted that it shall not be lawful for any 

 person or persons to ship or export from this Colony any quantity of 

 salted or pickled caplin in casks, unless the same shall have been in- 

 spected and packed in like manner as salted or pickled herring's are 

 required to be inspected and packed under the said Act; and that 

 there shall be levied and paid to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Suc- 

 cessors, upon all such caplin, the sum of two shillings and six pence 

 for every barrel thereof excepting dried caplin. 



IV. And be it further ena.cted that there be granted and paid to 

 Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, out of such monies as shall 

 be in the Treasury of this Colony, and unappropriated, the sum of 

 five hundred pounds towards defraying the expense of procuring and 

 maintaining suitable Revenue cruisers for the protection of the 

 British fisheries and the Revenue. 



V. And be it further enacted, that the duties by this Act imposed 

 shall be paid by the exporter or exporters of such articles to the Col- 

 lector or Sub-Collectors' of Her Majesty's Customs, and shall be col- 

 lected and secured by means, and under the regulations and penalties, 

 and in the way and manner directed by an Act passed by the Im- 

 perial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland in the 3rd and 4th 

 years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, 

 entitled "An Act to regulate the trade of the British possessions 

 abroad," and by another Act passed in the 4th and 5th years of the 

 reign of His said late Majesty, entitled " an Act to amend the laws 

 relating to the Customs." And all goods exported contrary to the 

 provisions of this Act shall, together with the ship or vessel in which 

 they shall have been laden, be forfeited. 



VI. And be it further enacted, that nothing herein contained shall 

 be of any force or effect until Her Majesty's pleasure herein be made 

 known. 



