At the resumption of fishing, after the conclusion of peace, the 

 Restoration government rendered, February 8, 1816, an ordinance which 

 instituted for a century, a charter of legislation on bonuses, with the res- 

 ervation of modifications which were, later, used for many legislative 

 changes in the rates. 



The encouragements to outfitting were of three differend kinds: an 

 outfitting bonus based on the number of men in the crew; a bonus for prod- 

 ucts exported to the colonies and to foreign countries; and a bonus for im- 

 portation of oil and roe to France. 



By the rates of the Ordinance of 1816, these bonuses were, at the time, 

 an important aid to undertaking enterprise in the great fishery. 



The outfitting bonus was paid on the basis of 50 francs for each crew 

 member for vessels sent to the shore fishery, either at Newfoundland or 

 Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, and of 15 francs per man for vessels sent to 

 the bank fishery at Newfoundland, Iceland, or the Dogger Banks. This lat- 

 ter bonus could be claimed for each trip completed in a season. 



The export bonus was established on the basis of 24 francs per 100 

 kilos of dried cod sent to the colonies, either from France or from the 

 drying places at Newfoundland or Saint-Pierre and Miquelon; 12 francs 

 per 100 kilos for dried cod sent from France to foreign countries, and 10 

 francs only for exports made directly from Saint-Pierre and Miquelon or 

 from Newfoundland. 



The import bonus was a payment of 10 francs per 100 kilos for liver 

 oil, and 20 francs per 100 kilos for roe brought back to France. 



The ordinance of December 7, 1829, ended the bonus for importation 

 of liver oil. 



The ordinance of February 25, 1842, established a minimum crew in 

 stipulating a bonus of 50 francs per man to be paid only to bank vessels 

 landing their cod at Saint-Pierre and Miquelon with a crew of a minimum 

 of 50 men for vessels of 158 tons and above, and of 30 men for those ves- 

 sels below this figure. 



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