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3. The larger vessels were to rendezvous at Bressa SouDd 

 on or before the 22d of June, on which day they were 

 to be inspected ; but no nets were to be set before the 

 26th of June, and the fishing to cease on the 15th of 

 September. 



4. A vessel of 60 tons was to have ten men ; above 

 60 and under 70 tons, eleven men ; and in proportion 

 for every additional 10 tons ; and of the crew two might 

 be experienced foreigners. Each vessel to have on 

 board, in new barrels, sixteen bushels of salt for every 

 last of herrings the vessel was capable of containing, 

 and 300 square yards of netting for every ton of admea- 

 surement ; every mesh of the net to be one inch from 

 knot to knot, under a penalty of L.40 and forfeiture of 

 the net. The master had to state what port of Great 

 Britain he intended to return to and discharge, which 

 was to be a port where a fishery officer was stationed, 

 and the master was to keep a regular journal of his pro- 

 ceedings. 



5. The nets to be shot and hauled from the vessel 

 without the use of a small boat, the vessel not being at 

 anchor while the crew were shooting or hauling the said 

 nets, which were to be attached to the vessel when they 

 were set, and the herrings to be cured on board the vessel 

 in barrels, and not in bulk. 



6. No custom-house cooket or sufferance was to be 

 necessary if an officer of customs resided at the port. 



7. A bounty of 2s. per barrel was granted on white 

 herrings, gutted and barrelled the day they were caught, 

 which date was to be marked on the barrel, each barrel 

 to c(mtain 224 lbs. of fish, exclusive of salt and brime. 

 If for exportation they were to be repacked with great 

 salt, the barrel containing 200 lbs. wet fish ; and the in- 



