History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fisheryReeves, John
History
History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fishery
Reeves, John
Fisheries -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- Newfoundland, Island of; Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.) -- Politics and government
arriving next in order of time as aforesaid, shall be so navigated
wholly by men going out upon shares, that is to say, receiving a certain
share of the profits arising from the voyage in lieu of wages, such of
the said vessels, as shall be so navigated by not less than twelve men
each, shall be intitled to thirty-five pounds each; and if so navigated
with a less number than twelve men, and not less than seven, shall be
intitled to twenty-one pounds each; upon the master or owner of every
such vessel respectively producing to the collector or other principal
officer of his Majesty’s customs at the port in _Great Britain_ from
whence such vessel was cleared out, or if cleared out from either of the
said islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Alderney_, to the collector, or
other principal officer of the customs in some port of _Great Britain_,
a certificate under the hand and seal of the governor of _Newfoundland_,
that the master of such vessel had produced to him a certificate, under
the hands of the collector and comptroller of the customs at the port
from whence such vessel was cleared out, or if cleared out from the
islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Alderney_, under the hands of the
governor, or deputy governor, and principal officer of the customs there,
testifying that such vessel was duly qualified to proceed on such fishery
in pursuance of the before recited act, made in the tenth and eleventh
years of the reign of King _William_ the third; and that it has been
made to appear to his satisfaction, by a certificate under the hand and
seal of the naval officer of the district in _Newfoundland_ where such
fish was landed, or where there is no naval officer, under the hand and
seal of the commander of any of his Majesty’s ships stationed there,
or of such officer as the governor shall approve, specifying the time
of such vessel’s arrival in manner before directed, that such vessel
was intitled, by the priority and time of her arrival, to one or other
of the bounties therein mentioned, as the fact may be; and that the
master and mate of such vessel had made oath, before such naval or other
officer as aforesaid, that the number of fish taken on the first trip
amounted to ten thousand at least by tale; that he had made two trips
at least, and that all the fish on both trips were catched on the banks
of _Newfoundland_ by the crew of such vessel only; which certificate
and oath the said governor, and naval or other officer as aforesaid,
are hereby impowered and required to grant and administer to the master
and mate of such vessel, without fee or reward; and upon delivering up
the said certificate to such collector, the respective bounties therein
mentioned shall be paid by such collector in such and the like manner,
and out of the same funds, as the bounties herein-before mentioned to
have been granted by the said recited act, made in the said fifteenth
year of the reign of his present Majesty.
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