Whak-Fijhei'y. 



Before 1615 The Eaft. India company pot Brfcayan 



whalers, and proieciued tlie fiihery ii, 179 



1615 Tlie fidiery employs 14 En;;lini veflels . 281 

 — . Engli(h, Dutch, and Danilli,ve(rels at the fidi- 



ery — Kngl. and Danes claim cxclufive light 182 

 16 17 The Englifli feize the Dutchmon's oil, &c i&y 

 i6iS Englilh veffels driven away by the Dutch — 



mode ot' condiiclinp the fifliery - 287 



Account of the Dutch filhery (exaggerated) 290 



1619 Rullla and Eaft-India joint fifliery given up 292 



1620-162% Several voyages with various fuccefs 305 



1634 Seven men left at Spitzbergen — periflied 379 



1669 Only I Englilh Ihip, and 400 or 500 of Holland 



and Hamburgh, at the fifhery • 544 



The Dutch fifliery much increafed by the abol- 



ition of a monopolizing company - 5^2 



1672 Navigation act relaxed in favour of the fifhery 563 

 1693 A company eftablithed in Lond. for the fifhery 363 

 1696 They increafe theircapitat — are exempted from 



duties — lofe their capital . 6S4 



The fifhery afterwards laid open by parliament 684 



1721 Number of vefTels from various nations iii, 119 



1724 Oil and fins of whales, feals, &c taken by Brit- 



ifli fhips, exempted from duty . 130 



1725 South-fea company fend Ihips (See S.Jea comp.) 130 

 f730llNew.England whalers fuccefsful . 156,166 

 1731 A gun invented for {hooting whales . 167 

 »733 Bounty granted by parliament — 1 fhips fail 198 



Dut li whale-fifliery in 46 years 



1736 Succefsful fifhery of I Englilh and 130 Dutch 



fhips . - . . 



1740 The bounty continued and enlarged 



1749 The bounty doubled, and extended to the co- 



lonies ... 



175; Further regulations enacted 

 1759 Succefs of Dutch and Hamburgh fhips 



1762 Britilh fifhery generally unfuccefsful 



1763 New. England fifhery much increafed 



Money granted in Ireland for the fifhery 



1764 Britifii bounty continued 

 — — Fifhery unfuccefsful — Dutch find a new wlial. 



ing fiation near Rona 

 Whales often get embayed among the iflands 

 J 768 Ihe bounty continued 

 ■ Dutch fifliery this year 



1771 Fifhery encouragcH — retrofpeft 1750-177O 



Dutch very fuccefsful this year 



1772 Gun for Hiooting whales re- invented 

 177? Premiumsfor whalingin G. of St. Laurence, Sec 576 

 5776 And alio for whaling in temperate climates 589 



1750 The line between Greenland and St. Laurence 



fifliery . ■ . 



17S2 The bounty raifed to 40/i and fliips allowed to 



take in men at Shetland 

 1786 New bounties. Sec - . iv, 



J788 Retrofpeft of Greenland fifhery (771-171(8 



For fubfcquent years fee the annual accounts. 

 J789 New regulations for tlie bounty 

 J 791 Encouragement continued — men protected 

 1791 Bounty reduced — other regulations 

 1794 ^Ten may be thii-pfc. ii; v.ivipus ports 

 J795 Foreign nluilers encouraged to ietue at Mil- 

 ford haven - - 

 Afl for encoiuuging the fifhery continued 



- . ■ - 44?.477i494 



J799 FiiTi'-ry fuccefsful this year - - 486 



1793 f^'/iar/i e/ fp^ji/iwi iitteily inadequate to the pre. 



lent 'tate of the trade — their hiflory iv, 



2;99 Propiietcrs to h.ive co'npenfation from the 



\V«ft-lndia-doik company - 



800 And from the London-dock company 



[GENERAL 



199 



211 

 224 



268 

 306 

 315 



357 



37* 

 3« + 

 400 



405 

 405 n 



477 

 4S; 



5:0 

 517 

 53" 



661 



710 

 104 

 I So 



1S7 



222 



233 

 256 



347 



363 



1 1 56 J /('v thy robbed nf velfcls by Norwcgi..ns 

 »_3i)4 Supported chiefly by curing herrings 



480 



33» 

 607 



i4«5 W. vefTels commit piracy upon the Danes i, 615 

 1407 IVhilyngtoii, Richard, mayor of London, lends 



money to the king . . i, 6,s 



A brief hiftory of him - . 61873 



1252 W'iWf^^yfa damaged by the fea - i, 401 



t254 W. feamen attack a Yarmouth vefTel . 403 



i7oi|K-'/nc;4r/?d-r ffrafflj a Britifh and Roman city i, 195 



97; The meafure of Winchclter made the fiandard 174 



Before 1066 Wincheftereiijoyed fomeexemptions 294,197 



1771 Improvements enacted . . iii, 513 



Winds of ihe antirtits do not correfpond with the 



modern points ... 14J jj 



H'indward and Leeward ijlands — the terms ex. 



plained . . . iii, ifii n 



Wine — See Prife, Taverns. 



iSoo'Wine apparently in general ufe i, 



iooo*Furnifhed by Ifrael to Tyre - . 23 



588*ExcelIent wine carried from Damafcus to Tyre 38 



446*Wine carried from Athens to Egypt . 67 



14 Wine of Luna, &c carried to Rome • 123 



— — Alfo excellent wine from Ionia - j i^ 



282 Vineyards planted in Gaul and Britain 303 



068 Vineyards now in England - 3051330,331 



189II Wine a chief article of the imports of England 345 



»73 Quantity imported in the chief ports of Engl, 42^ 



300 Quantity of pi ife wine . . 465 



302 A duty of 2/ per tun laid on wine - 469 



303 Wine not to be carried out of England 469,510 

 335 King Edward III writes to feveral princes for 



the fate conveyance of fome Rhcnirti 51s 



347 Tunnage duty impofed - - 536 



350 Quantity imported from Bourdeaux . 541 



3i3 To he imported only from two ports - 551 



354 Quantity imported this year - 553 



364 All denizens, except artificers, may import wine 571 



368 Englifli not jUowed to import it - 575 



369 Engii;)!, except artificers, may import it ^^5 

 372 Fou.- 'ipcs of Rhenilh exported from York to 



Pruiha - . . 378 



380 Wine to be ganTL'd on importation - 590 



3X1 Prices of wine Ii I'ited by law _ 592 



387 A great capture of wine - - 595 



409 Wine exported from England - . 621 



423 Legal fize of the various cafks - 637 



4S5 Wine to be imported only in Englifh vefTeiSj&c 706 

 4S9 This law now confirmed - - - 712 



541 And now again confirmed - . i'> 87 



552 Sale ot wine, &c regulated by law . iii 



615 Number of Englifh Ihips importing wine 2S1 



638 Duty 40/" per tun — coopers not to import wine 



— to be fold by jufl meafure, not by bottles 403 

 643 Excife duty impofed on wine - . 426 



660 New tunnage duties - - - 480 



463 Wine of Madeira and the Azores may be car- 

 ried direit to the Englifli colonics - 510 

 668 New duty on French wines — price raifed from 



Si/to i/per quart , - . 534 



During tlie prohibition of trade with France 

 the French wines are fuperfcded by tliofe 

 of Italy, Spain, and Portugal - 693 



763 Additional duties impofed - . iii, 370 



764 Allowance for leakage refcinded . 395 



765 And now rcftored conditionally . 477 



778 Additional duties enai^ted - . 621 



779 Wliole duty drawn back to Britifh colonics 636 

 7S0 Additional duties enacted - . 657 

 7b3 Wine not tobe imported in fmall can<s iv, 14 



785 Duty on flalks repealed — fmall cafks admitted 



for private ufe only - . 75, i!6 



786 New duties and regulations ena6ted . 107 



Additional duty on home-made wine - lOS 



• Duty reduced on French wine, &c - 113 



787 Duties returned to the dealers - ijfi 



697 



