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made in the laws respecting the Greenland fishery; 

 and at the commencement of the late war, the 

 bounties were reduced, owing to the market being 

 overstocked with oil. 



The following account of the number of Eng- 

 lish and Scottish vessels employed in the Green- 

 land whale fishery, and of their tonnage, from 

 1771 to 1800, both inclusive, is extracted from 

 M'Phersons Annals of Commerce : 



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