COLONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 



STATUTES. 



ACT OF APRIL 23, 1845. 



[8th Viet., Cap. 5.] 



An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the foth 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 In- 

 spection 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 : 



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 the 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 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 

 inspected 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 sixpence 

 for every barrel thereof, excepting Dried Caplin. 



IV. And be it further enacted 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 Eevenue. 



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, en- 

 titled "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 



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