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A. D. 175^- Anno vlcelimo iiono Georgii 11. C. 23. 689 rings, containing thiVty-two Gallons, which (liall be entered there for Home Confumptlon ; and fo in Proportion for every Half or Quarter Barrel. ' VIII. And whereas by an A& made in the fifth Year of the Reign of his prefent Majefty, intituled, s Goo. i. c. 6. ' An Atifor reviving^ the Duties on Salt for the Term therein mentioned ; it was enai^teci. That it Ihould ' and might be lawful to carry and bring from any Port of tiiat Part of Great Britain called Siotlanri, ' to any Port of ihat Part of Great Bricain called England^ White Herrings cured with Salt made in ' Scotland, the Perfon or Perfons bringing the faid White Herrings into England paying at the Port to ' which the fame fhould be brought, two Shillings and four Pence for every Barrel, containing thirty- ' two Gallons, of fuch White Herrings brought from Scotland, and in Proportion for Half Barrels, un- ' der certain Regulations, Rertridtions and Penalties in the faid Adf mentioned : And whereas if Libcriy ' were alfo granted to bring Salmon, Cod, Ling, Tusk, and other White Fifh cured with Salt made u^

  • Scotland, into any Port of that Part of Great Britain called England, for Home Confumption, theB*',*)';' 'h"'"
  • fame would tend to the Benefit and Advantage of both Parts of the United Kingdcm ;' Be it therefore paid itr'.SiN

further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the twenty-fifth Day of 'June one "'J^"' *-.'-'. --rd thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, it fliall be lawful to caiTy and bring, from anv Port of that Part ^ur^Ji'^,',*,"'^'"' of Great Britain called Scotland, to any Port of that Part of Great Britain called England, for Home Scotch s'aJt, Confumption, any Salmon, Cod, Ling, Tusk, and other White Fifli, cured with Salt made in Scot- ^"'^ nr,)jr,ntd land, for which the Duty hath been there paid or fecured, the Perfon or Perfons bringing fuch Fiih in- for^Home Con- to England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon Tweed, paying at the l^ort to which the fumpaon j^" fame Ihall be brought, two Shillings and four Pence for every Barrel, containing thirty-two Gal- ^^^ ^ „ ^ Ions of fuch Fifli wet ; and fo in Proportion for a greater or leffer Quantity ; and one iJhilling and Fim °s. 7a. two Pence for every hundred Weight of fuch Fifn dry ; and fo in Proportion for a greater or '^-^ c. weight. lelTer Quantity. IX. And be it further enacted by the Authority aforefaid, That it fliall and may be lawful to carry or rifli cured in bring, from any Port or Place of that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, or the Illands thereunto b!i°!|'^"'*'i "■^ belonging, to any Port of that Part of Great Britain called England, for Re-exportation, any Her- Eng'i Mcf for'"" rings, Salmon, Cod, Ling, Tusk, and other White Filh, the Owner of the Filh, or Mafter of the •Re-e:!ipoitatioa. Vefll-1, making Oath that fuch Fi(h was caught in North Britain, or on the Coafts thereof, and cured with Salt delivered Duty-free from fome Part of Great Britain, and when and where the fame was fo delivered. X. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That from and after the faid twenty- orth?ExponI- fifth Day of June one. thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, all fuch Herrings, Salmon, Cod, Ling, tion of fuch Tusk, and any otlier White Filh, fo brought Coaftwife from Scotland into England, Dominion oi Wales, Firn to foreign and Tovi'n of Berwick upon Tvjeed, (hall upon Exportation thereof, tr any Part diereof, to foreign ^^^ Farts, be intitled to the fame Allowances or Bounties as by the faid A61 pafled in the fifth Year of the Reign of his late Majefiy King George the Firft, intituled. An Act for recovering tke Credit of the Bri- on conforming- tijh Fiflicry in foreign Parrs ; a?idfor better fecuring the Duties on Salt, are granted on the Exportation of f° ai^T^s Geo. i. Flih cured in th»t Part of Great Britain Q-iWed England ; fuch Fifli being lubj eft to the fame Rules and "^^ Regulations, in order to prevent the relanding or reiniporting thereof, and the Owners thereof fubjeft to the farric Penalties in ca!e of relanding, or any other fraudulent Proceeding, in order to obtain the faid Bounties, as by the faid A6t are prefcribed and infiided, in regard to Filh ci.red in, and ex- ported from, that Part of Great Britain c-iWcA Enjand; any Thing to the contrary thereof in any wife notwithftanding. XI. Provided always, and be it enafted. That no Allowance or Bounty granted by this A6V, fhall be Debenture to be paid in that Part of Great Britain cMiA England, Dominion of Wales, and Town of Berwick upon |"j^_^^^ *^°^ "'^ Tweed ; but the Chief Officer of the Cuflcms, or his Deputy, at the Port or Place from which fuch ^' - F'ilh Ihall be refpetflivcly exported, fiiall upon the Requeft of the Perfon or Perfons exporting the fame, and Oath made before the Principal Officers of the faid Port, who are hereby impowered to admini- fter the fame, of the fhipping of the faid Fith, and its not being relanded, or intended to be relanded in Great Britain, give a Debenture'under his H ,nd, without Delay, Fee or Reward, for Payment of anj to i,^ „a;(j the faid Allowances or Bounties; v, hich Debenture being produces to the Cornniiilio -ers ot the Cu- ;„ Scotland.' ftoms, or to the Con miffioners of the Excile (at the Option of the Exporter or his Aflgns) in that ■ Part of Great Britain called Scotland, (hall inti Je the Exporter of fuch_ Fiih, or his Affigns, to the Pay- ment of the Bounties granted by this Act, v. hich the faid Commilnojiers are hereby required to pay out of any Money remaining in their Hands, arifing by any Brancli of his Majefty's Cufroms ; :• or Excife, Regard being had to the Priority of the Dates of the laid Debentures in the Pay- ment thereof XII. Provided always, and be it further enacted. That the Proprietor or Proprietors of fuch Her- Entry to he and White Filh, as (hail be ftinped aboard any Ship or Veflel in any Port or Place in ""tie at tiie tire 'ColletTior, or other principal Officer of the Cuftoms there, of the P^hh fo fliipped, exjireffing the orEjcpLruticnj >i umber of Barrels of Wet Filh, with the Marks and Numbers thereof, and the. Number and "Weight of each Species of Dry Filh ; and declare upon Oath, that the faid Fiih were cured in SioilajJ, or on the Coafts thereof; and whether they were cured with Salt delhered Duty free, or with Salt for which the Duty payable by the above mentioned Act hath been paid or fecured; and that the f::id Sah was takdn on Board from fome Port or Place in Great Britain; raid when and where it v.as fo put on Board; Vol. VII. 4 T and