^300 



400 



444 A. D. 1798. 



On foreign salt imported into Great Britain or found onboard"? ^^ i^ 

 anv vessel or craft, or in any cellar or warehouse, per bushel ... J 



On salt made at home, or taken out of any salt pit, or out of any"! 

 warehouse, or carried from Scotland to England, having paid the [ 5 



duty formerly payable j 



[c. 43] 



June 21" — The premiums for the encouragement of the Southern 

 whale fifhery were regulated as follows. 



To each of the four vessels, of those cleared out between the l"of-| 

 January and the 31" of December in the years 1799, 1800, and 1801, 

 proceeding to the southward of the equinoctial line, and returning into 

 port before the 1" of December in the year subsequent to that in which 

 she was cleared out, which has the greatest quantity of pure oil or head 



matter 



To each of the four having the next greatest quantity 200 



To each of the four having the next greatest quantity 100 



To each of the four vessels, sailing within the time above-mentioned, 

 and proceeding beyond the thirty-sixth degree of south latitude, carrying 

 on the fishery, and, after being fourteen n)onths out, returning before the V 

 31" of December in the second year after clearing out, having the great- 

 est quantity of pure oil and head matter J 



To the one vessel, sailing within the time above-mentioned, in the 

 year 1799 or the six following years, proceeding beyond Cape Horn, and 

 fishing four months in the Pacific ocean, or beyond the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and carrying on the fishery during four months to the eastward ^ 60O 

 of 105° of east longitude from London, and, after being sixteen months 

 out, returning before the 3l" of December in the second year after clear- 

 ing out, with the greatest quantity of pure oil and head matter 



To each of the nine vessels acting in all respects as the one last men 

 tioned, and having the next greatest quantities 



The veffds fifhing m the South Atlantic ocean muft have at leafl: 

 twenty tuns of pure oil and head matter, and thofe fifhing beyond 

 Cape Horn or the Cape of Good Hope mufl have at leafl thirty tuns, 

 to entitle them to compete for the premiums : and the whole mufl: be 

 the produce of whales or other marine animals actually taken by the 

 crews of the vefTels. 



The vefTels pafTmg the Cape of Good Hope are now permitted to 

 extend their cruife beyond 51° eaft longitude from London: but they 

 muft not go to the northward of 1 5° fouth latitude anywhere between 

 the longitudes of 51° and 180° eaft from London. And thofe palling 

 Cape Horn muft alfo avoid that part of the ocean comprehended with- 

 in thofe limits. 



The encouragements held out by the aft 35 Geo. Ill, c. 92, to foreign 

 fiftiermen, not exceeding forty in number, to fettle with their families, 

 veffels, &c. was continued : the time allowed for their arrival was ex- 

 tended to the 31" of December 1805 ; and their vefTels, to the number 

 of twenty, are admillible, if built before the i " of January 1 798. [c. 57] 



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500 



