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this Act, the many restrictions as to the time and place 

 of fishing, the manning of the busses, &c., seem to have 

 entirely prevented the prosecution of the buss-fishery 

 from Scotland ; and from England only five vessels, 

 averaging 50 tons, were fitted out in 1814, and manned 

 by fifty-nine men, which caught and cured 924 barrels of 

 herrings ; and in 1815 only three vessels were fitted out in 

 England, which caught and cured 624 barrels of herrings ; 

 and only one from Scotland, of 84 tons and ten men, 

 which caught and cured 153 barrels. 



By the Act 55 Geo. III. 694, 14th June 1815, the Act 

 of 1808 was altered, and so far continued and made per- 

 petual, and a new and separate Board of Commissioners 

 was appointed, and the Board of Manufactures, which had 

 been erected in 1727, was made a distinct or separate 

 Board for the encouragement and promotion of manufac- 

 tures. 



By this Act the barrel bounty previously referred to 

 was repealed ; and the bounty on herrings, if gutted 

 with a knife, and cured and assorted in a sufficient manner, 

 to the satisfaction of the inspecting oificers, was increased 

 from 2s. per barrel to 4s. per barrel. Any herring-nets 

 used in fishing on Sunday to be seized and forfeited. The 

 barrels not to be made in whole or part of fir, to be half 

 an inch thick, and to contain thirty-two gallons English 

 wine measure. 



The commissioners were authorised to fix the proper 

 modes of measuring the fresh herrings sold, — viz., by the 

 measure called the cran, by which the fishermen were paid. 



HerriDgs not to be deemed gutted under the statute, 

 unless gutted, cured, and packed within twenty-four 

 hours after being taken, and to lie fifteen days in salt 

 before being entitled to brand. 



