9. And whereas by an act, made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King _Charles_ the second, (intituled, _An act for the encouragement of the ~Greenland~ and ~Eastland~ Trades, and for the better securing the plantation trade_), and by other acts of parliament, it is lawful for any person or persons to import into _England_ train oil or blubber of _Greenland_, and parts adjacent, and those seas, or of _Newfoundland_, or of any other his Majesty’s colonies and plantations, made of fish, or of any other creature living in the seas, and whale fins caught in any ships or vessels truly and properly belonging to _England_ or _Wales_, or town of _Berwick upon Tweed_, and imported in such ships, without paying any custom or duty for the same, which liberty, by a subsequent act of parliament, is extended to ships belonging to _Great Britain_; and it is reasonable that the same indulgence should be extended to oil and blubber of fish, and other creatures living in the sea, and to whale fins caught in any part of the ocean by ships belonging to _Great Britain_, _Ireland_, and the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, and _Man_; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, from and after the first day of _September_ one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, the liberty granted by the said act to import into this kingdom oil or blubber of fish, or other creatures living in the sea, or whale fins taken within the limits therein mentioned, duty-free, shall extend, and be construed to extend, to such oil or blubber, or whale fins, as shall be so taken in any part of the ocean by, and imported in any ship or vessel truly and properly belonging to his Majesty’s subjects of _Great Britain_, _Ireland_, or the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Man_, any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding. [Sidenote: After _Sept. 1, 1775_, undressed seal skins may be imported duty-free.] 10. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, from and after the first day of _September_ one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons to import into this kingdom any raw and undressed seal skins taken and caught by the crews of vessels belonging to and fitted out either from _Great Britain_, _Ireland_, or the islands of _Guernsey_, _Jersey_, or _Man_ respectively, and whereof the captain or master and three-fourths at the least of the mariners are his Majesty’s subjects, or by persons employed by the masters or owners of such vessels, without paying any custom, subsidy, or other duty for the same, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. [Sidenote: Not to extend to any seal skins except those imported by ships qualified as aforesaid, and duly entered at the customhouse, _&c._]