tinct fare or fares, of cxelusive employment in the cod-fis'liery, previous 

 to the last day of November. But \hc. taking of mackerel by anv ves- 

 sel under cod-fishing license, excci t as bait or food {()r her crew, is 

 regarded as a violation of the license laws. Such illegjil fishery during 

 any season will l()rfeit all cl.iim to bounty for that season, and when 

 the fact is known to any collector lu^ is instructed to refuse the allov/- 

 ance hereafter accordingly. 



Vessels employed in taking any kind offish for sale and consumption 

 in a fresh or green condition, as well as fish to be preserved by pickling, 

 are not within the bounty laws, and no voyages or fares in which such 

 fisheries are pursued can be lawfully computed as any part oi" the 

 period rc^juirc^d lor the allowance of bounty. 



S. When the proofs presented f Lilly satisfy you that all the require- 

 ments and conditions here'in contained have been complied with in 

 good faith, 3^ou are authorized to piiy the owner or owners, or his or 

 their agent or representative, of fishing vessels, wdiere exclusive em- 

 ployment at sea in the cod-fishery for lour calendar months, at least, is 

 shown by the evidence herein required. 



If measuring more than five tons, and not exceeding thirty tons, 

 S3 50 per ton. 



If measuring more than thirty tons, S4 per ton. 



If the above thirty tons, wath crews not less than ten persons, and 

 liaving been exclusively employed at sea in the cod-fishery three and 

 one-half calendar months, $3 50 per ton. 



The allowance for one vessel during the season, whatever may be 

 her tonnage, cannot exceed $360. 



9. Vessels exclusively employed at sea in the cod-fishery the full 

 time required to entitle them to bounty, and afterwards wrecked, may 

 be allowed bounty under the provisions of the act of 26th of May, 1S24, 

 which requires the evidence of the loss of the vessel to be transmitted 

 to the Comptroller for his decision thereon. Under the act of March 3, 

 1849, this duty has been transferred to the Commissioner of the Cus- 

 tam>, to whom the proof, certified by the collector of the district to 

 which the vessel belonged, should be sent for his ollicial direction 

 tliereon. 



Instructions will be given in due season in regard to the mode of 

 payment of bounty allowances, at iind after the close of the year. To 

 obviiite any res[)onsibility which might olhervvise devolve on collectors, 

 should such p:iyments be made upon proof regarded as insullicient 

 under the present instructions, it will be advisable that probable claim- 

 anis to fishing-bounty allowances be apprized, before tlie sailing of ves- 

 s<'ls on their first cod-fishing voyage, of the requirements of these in- 

 itructions, which arc intend(.'(l to supersede and supply the place of all 

 former instructions on this subjeel. 



THOMAS CORWIN, 



Secretary of the Trais/ny. 



An account of the fishing grounds has been res(>rve(l lor ih • roiielu- 

 sion. Of those ne;i,r our cities, and visili-d f)r the purpose of supj)lving 

 our m;irk(.ts with fish to be consumed fresh, it is unnecessary to s|)eak. 

 Thos(.' within the limits t)f JLirili.di America, and seeuretl lo us by 



