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deep-sea fishery from any other port of Great 

 Britain. For the inspection and branding of her- 

 rings the whole coast of Great Britain was divided 

 into districts; in each of these officers were ap- 

 pointed to oversee the operations of the fishermen, 

 and to prevent fraud in regard to the bounty. 

 The principal regulations affecting the curing of 

 herrings were borrowed from the practice of the 

 Dutch fishermen. In 1817, a further boon was 

 granted to the fishermen by allowing them the use 

 of salt, duty free, a peculiar advantage which 

 ceased in 1832, by the repeal of the duty on that 

 article. 



The impolicy of granting bounties on produc- 

 tion, the effect of which is to tax the people of 

 this country in order that foreign countries may 

 be supplied with articles of consumption at prices 

 below their actual cost, came at length to be seen 

 and acknowledged. 



In 1821, the tonnage bounty of 60s. above 

 mentioned was repealed ; the bounty of 4s. per 

 barrel, which was paid up to the 5th April, 1826, 

 was thereafter reduced Is. per barrel each suc- 

 ceeding year; so that in April, 1830, the bounty 

 ceased altogether. 



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