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come the property of the Society, if £ s. d. To be adjudged 

 the contrivance shall have sufficient 

 merit to obtain the premium. 



FISHERIES 



TURBOT 



For curing Turbots on any of the 

 coasts of this kingdom, so as there 

 shall be sold in the year 1767, 2000 

 at the least of well-cured merchantable 1 768 



Turbot . . . . . . 50 o o Mar. 10 



For the next quantity, not less than 

 1000 . . . . . 30 o o „ 10 



Whiteings 



For curing Whiteings on any of the 

 coasts of this kingdom, after the man- 

 ner practised at Tinmouth in Devon- 

 shire, ,£20 per cent, will be given on 

 the value of Whiteings so cured and 

 sold, provided the same shall not ex- 

 ceed ^500, and if it should, then the 

 sum of ^100 will be divided in pro- 

 portion to the value of Whiteings so 

 cured and sold by each claimant . 100 o o ,, 10 



The method of curing Whiteings at 

 Tinmouth is by slitting open and 

 washing them with sea water, then 

 drying them in the sun, and now and 

 then sprinkling them with sea water 

 whilst they are drying. 



Herring Fishery 



To the owner of any Fishing Boat or 

 Wherry, not less than 2 6 feet in the keel, 

 who shall in the year 1767, between 

 the 1st day of May and the 1st day of 

 August, on the east coast of this king- 

 dom, between the Lough of Carling- 

 ford and the Hill of Howth, with such 

 boat in any one night, first take any 



