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prosecuted with good results. The British Parliament appro* 
priated direct subsidies to the fishing vessels from the United 
Kingdom employed in the American fisheries ; indirect facilities 
are also extended to the business; the capital invested is free 
from taxation, and the outfits are obtained in bond, saving con¬ 
siderable to those engaged in the business. 
The French government have, for centuries, given the greatest 
premium on fish. From the interesting report on the American 
Fisheries, by Hon. Lorenzo Sabine, and printed by the Secretary 
of the Treasury in 1853, we learn that the National Assembly 
of France has passed a law of the following tenure relative to 
the great maritime fisheries, June 24th, and July 9th and 22d, 
1861 : 
Chap. 1. Cod Fishery. From the 1st of Jan., 1852, to the 
30th of June, 1861, the bounty granted for the encouragement 
of the cod-fishery will be as follows : 
First—Bounty on outfit. Fifty francs per man of the crew 
employed in the fishery, either on the coast of Newfoundland, 
at St. Peter’s and Miquelon, or on the Grand Bank, and possess¬ 
ing a drying place. Fifty francs per man of the crew employed 
in the Iceland fishery, without a drying place. Thirty francs 
per man of the crew employed in the fishery on the Grand Bank 
of Newfoundland, and without a drying place. Fifteen francs 
per man of the crew employed in the Dogger Bank fishery. 
Second — Bounty on the produce of the fishery. Twenty 
francs per metric quintal of dry codfish, the produce of the 
French fishery, to be shipped either direct from the fishing es¬ 
tablishments, or from the ports of France, for the markets of the 
French colonies of America and India, or for the settlement on 
the west coast of Africa and other transatlantic countries. Pro¬ 
vided always, That the fish be landed at a port where there is 
a French Consul. Sixteen francs per metric quintal of dry 
codfish, the produce of the French fishery, shipped either direct 
from the fishing settlements, or from the ports of France, and 
destined for the countries of Europe and the foreign States on 
the shores of the Mediterranean, Sardinia and Algeria being 
excepted. Sixteen francs per metric quintal of dry codfish, 
the produce of the French fishery, that may be imported into 
the French colonies of America and India, and other transatlan¬ 
tic countries where such fish are exported from the ports of 
France without having been landed. Twelve francs per metric 
quintal of dry codfish, the produce of the French fishery, ship¬ 
ped for Sardinia and Algeria, either direct from the fishing 
settlements or from the ports of France. Twenty francs per 
metric* quintal of the hard roe of codfish, the produce of the 
French fishery, brought into France by their fishing vessels. 
Metric quintal — 220lbs. 
