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Tel of fifteen tuns burthen or more, built in Great Britain after the 1'' 

 of January 1780, and currying five men for fifteen tuns, and one man 

 for every five tuns, above fifteen, of her burthen. She mufl: alfo have 

 onboard twelve bufliels of fait for every laft of herrings fhe is capable 

 of carrying, and as many new barrels, made of fiiaves half an inch in 

 thicknefs, and full bound, as flie can flow ; alfo 250 fquare yards of net 

 (of any dimenfion mofl: convenient) with proper appendages, for every 

 tun of her burthen : and fhe mufl fail between the i" of June and the 

 i'' of October direcflly to the fiihing flation, and there continue fifliing 

 for three months, reckoning from the day of wetting the nets, unlefs 

 fhe fhall have fooner obtained a full cargo, wholely caught by the crew *. 

 A further bounty is allowed of 4/" for every barrel of repacked herrings 

 landed at the port of arrival, as far as a proportion of two barrels and a 

 half for every tun of the vefTel's burthen, and of \J for every barrel be- 

 yond that proportion. But the barrels are counted at landing, when 

 they are in the condition of fea-fleeks (herrings faked and barreled at 

 fea), and four barrels in that condition are reckoned for three barrels 

 of repacked. As fome encouragement to the boat fifhery a bounty of 

 \f per barrel was allowed for herrings, properly falted and cured, land- 

 ed from open boats. All cafks entitled to bounty mufl have a diflin- 

 guifliing mark, and alfo the curer's name, branded upon them, on pen- - 

 alty of forfeiture. 



For the further encouragement of the deep-fea fifhery on the north and 

 north-eafl: coafts of this kingdom, premiums of 80, 60, 40, and 20, gui- 

 neas were allotted to be paid, in addition to the tunnage and barrel 

 bounties, to the four vefliels, having the greatefl quantities of herrings, 

 caught by their own crews, landed between the i'' day of June and the 

 lafi: day of November f in each of the feven- years. 



In order to extend the fale of filh, and to provide a cheap and whole- 

 fome article of food, the duties hitherto payable on the carriage of fifh 

 caught by Britifh fubjedls for home confumption were now aboliflied, 

 except in the cafe of fifh carried from Scotland to England, on which a 

 duty is laid for equalizing the fait duties. The bounty of 5/ per tun, 

 given by an ad: of 5 Geo. I, on particular kinds of cured fifh, was now 

 reduced to 3/ Some efforts were made by this ad to lighten the in- 

 tolerable grievances of the fait bonds ; and the revenue officers were 

 prohibited from taking any fees. 



The bounty of 1/ per barrel was allowed on herrings caught by boats 

 on the coafl of Mann, and landed on that ifland : and the duties on the 



* Mr. Irving's official account, given in to the land having received any thing during the whole 



committee of the houfc of commoni in the ytar continuance of the adl ; and nut one vefTel belong- 



1798, (hows that in 1787 one vefTel of 27 tuns be- ing to Scotland ever received this bounty, 

 longing to IlfracQiube received a bounty oi Qz-j in f So, I fuppofe, we ftiould uuderlland ' tlifi 



virtue of this aft, no other velicl belonging to Eng- ' thirty-jirjl day of November.' 



