3. And in order to induce his Majesty’s subjects in _Great Britain_ and _Ireland_, and the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, and _Man_, to carry on the whale fishery on the coasts of _Newfoundland_, and the seas adjacent, be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several bounties hereafter mentioned shall be allowed annually, for eleven years, for five vessels employed in that fishery, under the limitations and restrictions herein-after expressed; that is to say, such vessels shall appear by their register to be _British_ built, and owned by his Majesty’s subjects residing in _Great Britain_, _Ireland_, or the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Man_, and navigated with three fourths of his Majesty’s subjects of _Great Britain_, _Ireland_, or the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Man_, besides the master, and shall be fitted and cleared out from some port in _Great Britain_ or _Ireland_, or the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Man_, after the first day of _January_ one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, and after that day in each succeeding year, and shall take and kill one whale at least in the _Gulph of Saint Lawrence_, or on the coasts of _Labrador_, _Newfoundland_, or in any seas to the southward of the _Greenland_ seas and _Davis’s Streights_, and shall return within the same year to some port in _England_ with the oil of such whale or whales so taken as aforesaid; and on the master and mate of such vessel, and two of the mariners belonging to her, making oath before the collector and comptroller of the customs at the port of her arrival (which oath they are hereby authorised and required to administer), that such oil is the produce of one or more whale or whales taken and killed by the crew then belonging to such vessel, mentioning the time when she departed from _Great Britain_, _Ireland_, or the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Man_, and from what port, and the time and place where such whale or whales was or were taken and killed, such oil may be landed without payment of any duty whatsoever; and the collector and comptroller of such port shall thereupon forthwith transmit such oath to the commissioners of his Majesty’s customs at _London_, any four or more of whom are hereby authorised and required to order the receiver general of his Majesty’s customs to pay, out of any money in his hands arising by any duties under their management, for the vessel which shall so arrive in each year with the greatest quantity of oil taken as aforesaid, five hundred pounds; for the vessel which shall in like manner arrive in the same year with the next greatest quantity of oil so taken as aforesaid, four hundred pounds; for the vessel which shall in like manner arrive in the same year with the next greatest quantity of oil so taken as aforesaid, three hundred pounds; for the vessel which shall in like manner arrive in the same year with the next greatest quantity of oil so taken as aforesaid, two hundred