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
and on no other design or view of profit in such voyage, and to import
the whale fins, oil, and blubber thereof, into the kingdom of _Great
Britain_, (naming the port to which it is their intention to return); and
if the master, after such certificate had, and oath made, do also become
bound, with two sufficient securities, unto his Majesty, his heirs and
successors, in the penalty of such sum as shall be equal to treble the
bounty intended by this act, (which bond the said collector, with the
approbation of the comptroller, is hereby required to take, and is to be
in force for the term of three years against the master and sureties for
the faithful dealings of the said master and ship’s company in regard to
the said ship and voyage); then, and in all such cases, it shall and may
be lawful for any three or more of the said commissioners of the revenues
in _Ireland_ for the time being, on receiving such certificates and oaths
made, and it being certified to them by the collector and comptroller of
such port, that sufficient security hath been given as aforesaid, to give
and grant, and they are hereby required to give and grant to the master
and owners of such ship, full licence and authority to proceed on such
voyage as aforesaid.
[Sidenote: What number of men, lines, boats, _&c._ ships of certain
dimensions shall have on board.]
22. And to prevent any disputes that may arise whether a ship be properly
qualified and duly fitted out for the whale fishery, according to the
true intent and meaning of this act, and intitled to a certificate
thereof from the custom-house officers, it is hereby enacted, That every
ship of the burthen of two hundred tons, designed for this fishery, shall
and is hereby obliged to have on board forty fishing lines of one hundred
and twenty fathom each, forty harpoon irons, four boats with seven men,
including a harpooner, a steersman, and a line manager, to each boat,
making in the whole twenty-eight men besides the master and surgeon, with
six months provision at the least for such number of men; and every ship
of larger burthen an increase of six men, one boat, ten such lines, and
ten harpoon irons more, for every fifty tons above the said two hundred
tons, together with provisions in proportion; and every ship which shall
be so employed in the said fishery shall have on board an apprentice,
indentured for the space of three years at the least, for every fifty
tons burthen, who shall be accounted as one of the number of men required
to be on board such ship as aforesaid.
[Sidenote: On return of ships, proper officers to go on board, and
inspect the cargo, _&c._ and take an account of the names of the masters,
harpooners, _&c._ Commissioners being satisfied of the faithful dealings
of the master, _&c._ to pay the bounties as directed, according to the
admeasurement of the ships.]
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