History of the government of the island of Newfoundland: With an appendix containing the Acts of Parliament made respecting the trade and fisheryReeves, John
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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
banks thereof, with a cargo of fish catched there, consisting of ten
thousand fish by tale at the least, and after landing the same at one of
the ports within the limits before mentioned in _Newfoundland_, shall
proceed again to the said banks, and return to the said island with
another cargo of fish, shall be intitled to forty pounds each; and one
hundred vessels which shall so arrive the next in order of time, on or
before the said fifteenth day of _July_ in each year, at the said island,
with a like cargo, and shall proceed again to the said banks, and return
from thence in the manner herein-before mentioned, shall be intitled
to twenty pounds each; and one hundred other vessels which shall so
arrive the next in order of time, on or before the said fifteenth day of
_July_ in each year, at the said island, with a like cargo, and shall
proceed again to the said banks, and return from thence in the manner
herein-before mentioned, shall be intitled to ten pounds each, upon
the master or owner of such vessel’s producing to the collector of his
Majesty’s customs at the port in _Great Britain_ from whence such vessel
was cleared out 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, testifying
that such vessel was duly qualified to proceed on such fishery, in
pursuance of the before-mentioned act, made in the tenth and eleventh
years of King _William_ the third; and that it has been made 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_; 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 out of any money remaining in his hands
arising by the duties of customs or other subsidies upon foreign goods
imported into this kingdom; and in case such collector shall not have
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