6i2 C. 20. Anno vicefimo odavo Georgii II. A. D. ly^y jefty's Reign, intituled, An A51 for the furthtr Encouragement and. Enlargement of ihe Whale Fi/hcry^ ,,' continuing Juch Laius as are thircin 9nentioiied, relating thereto ; and for the Naturalization of fuch foreign Prt- tefants as Jhall ferve for the Time therei?t mentioned^ on board fuch Ships as Jl)all be fitted out for the faid Fifhery vas further continued unlo the twenty-fiftii Day o( Decen~bcr one thoufand kvan hundred and fifty-leven further conti- and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament; ihall be, and the fame is hereby further BiKd to 25 Dec. continued, from the Time in the faid laft-mentioned A£t limited for the Expiration thereof, unto the twent'- J764, &c. £j.-jj^ -Q^y. ^j.- £)g(gj„iiif which fliall be in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. 6Geo. 2, c, 33. n. And be it further enafted by the Authority aforefaid, That an A£l made in the fixth Year of his prefent Majefly's Reign, intituled, An Act for the further Encouragement of the Whale Fiflrry, carried on by his Maje/ly's Bnti{h Subjei'ls ; which was to be in force during the Continuance of the laft-mentioned A<3: of the fifth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled. An Act for cncouraging^ /Z)^ Greenland Fifhery; a'nd which was by the faid AiSt of the thirteenth Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign continued unto the tontinued to 25 faid twenty-fifth Uay o( December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty, and from thence to the End of the Dec. J764, &c. jj^gj^ j^g^|. Seffion of Parliament; and which A(Sl was by the faid Adl of the twenty-fecond Year of his prefent Majefty's Reign continued unto the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, Ihall be, and the fame is hereby further continued, from the Time in the faid laft-mentioned Aft limited for the Expiration thereof,, unto the twenty-fifth Day of Decc?nber which fhall be in the Y'ear one thoufand feven hundred and fixty- four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. j2Geo.2. C.4J. JIJ. And be it enafted by the Authority aforefaid. That the faid Ad of the twenty-fecond Year of his Dec^'i^'e^ '" *^ prefent Majefty's Reign, intituled. An Aafor the further Encouragement and Enlargement of the TVhale Fifhery y and for continuing fuch Laws as are therein mentioned^ relating thereto ; and for the Naturalization of fuch foreign Proteflants,y as fhall ferve for the Tim: therein ?ne}ttioned, oh hoard fuch Ships as fliall be fitted out for the faid Fifhery, which was to be in force from the twenty-ninth Day Oi September one thoufand feven hundred and forty-nine, until the twenty-fifth Day of December one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feen, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament, fhall be, and the lame is hereby continued, from- the Time therein limited for the Expiration thereof, unto the twenty-fifth Day of Deccjnber in the Year one thoufand feven hundred and fixty-four, and from thence to the End of the then next Seffion of Parliament. Tonnage Bounty jy. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That it fhall and may be l.nvfu! to and for an oi'her of'the ^^ Commiffioners of the Cuftoras in England and Scotland refpedively, to order the refpective Receivers Revenues if the Gfeneral of the Cuftoms, in cafe the Monies remaining in their Hands arifing from the old Subfidy fliall old Subfidy be not be fufficient to fatisfy the faid Bounty of forty Shillings jiiifr Ton^ payable on all Ships employed in the not fuff.eient. faid Fifliery, according to the Diredions of the i'aid feveral Ads, and of this prefent Act, to pay the fame out of any Monies that fhall be in their Hands arifing from any of the Duties and Revenues under their Management refpedively. An Apprentice, V. Provided always, and be it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That every Ship which fhall be em- TonrVo^b^e°on P'°ys"i i" ^^ ^^id Fiihery, fhall, from and al'tcr the twenty-fifth Day of December in the Year one thoufand' board'each Ship, feven hundred and fifty-feven, have on board an Apprentice indentured for the Space of three Years at the &c. leaft, for every fifty 1 ons Burthen, who fhall be accounted as one of the Nimiber of Men which by Lav/' ought to be on board fuch Ship ; and in cafe any Ship ihall proceed on the Whale Fifhery, without con- forming to the above Regulation, the Owner or Owners of every Ship fo offending, fliall lofe the Bounty which would otherwife be payable thereon. I^beTid^ha"'^ VI. Provided alfo, and be' it enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That from and after the twenty-fifth- for S^'ip's of 400 ^^y ^f-^'^^^'^^ '"^ '^'^^Y^' 0"e thoufand feven hundred and fifty-feven, no Ship to be employed in the Tons. faid Fifliery, although fhe be above the Burthen of four hundred Tons, fhall be intitled to a larger Bounty than a Ship of four hundred Tons vi^ould be intitled to. Shif-s above th.it S/H, Provided always, That nothing in the laid former Ads, or in this prefent Ad contained, fhall quhed'^'toTe "^' ^^tend. Or be conftrued to extend, to oblige the Owner or Owners of any Ship above the Burthen of four fitted nut other- hundred Tons, in order to intitle him or them to the faid Bounty, to fit out, equip and man any fuch Ship, wifeth.nn VcRels Otherwife than as a Ship of the Burthen of four hundred Tons only is by the faid Ads or by this prefent of 400 Tons. Ad required to be fitted out, equipped and manned. ' Vill. And whereas by the faid Ads made in the fixth and twenty-fecond Years of the Reign of his ' prefent Majefty, the Bounty of forty Shillings ^^r Ton is confined to Ships of the Burthen of two hun- ' dred Tons and upwards ; and it hath been found by Experience, that Ships under the Binthcn of twO' ' hundred Tons are fit for the faid Fifliery ;' Be it thertibre enaded by the Authority aforefaid, That from • Bovmty allowed 3,-,^ afj-gr the twenty-fifth Day oi March one thoufand feven hundrtd'and fifty-five, and during the Conti- aooTons."" " nuance of the faid Bounty of forty Shillings /jr Ton, payable as aforefaid, the fame fhall be paid to the Owners of all Ships under the Burtlicn of two hundred Tons, which fliall be employed in the faid Fiihery,. according to the Admeafurement thereof, in fuch R'lanner, and by and under fuch Rules, Dirc;;iions and' Rel-lridions, as by the faid Ads, and by this prefent Ad, the faid Botmty is miide payable to the Owners of Ships ot the Burthen of tvi'o hundred Tons ~.nd upwards, employed in the faid Fifliery; pro'tded the Owner of no fuch Ship fli;i!l be intitled to fuch Bounty, unlefs he fliall in all Rcfpeds conform to the Re- gulations prefcribed by the laid recited Ads, and by this prefent Ad, to the Owners of Ships of tlie Burthen of two hundred Tons. ic^oTomtLh ' ■^■^' And whereas the Difpatch of Ships to the Greenland Seas and Davis's Streights, and Seas adjacent, ftali fail before ' o" the Whale Fiihery, muft of Neceffity be within the Months of Alarch ov April;' Be it therefore enaded is March 1755, by the Authority aforefaid, That every Ownej or O-yynors of any Ship or Ships under the Burthen of two hundred
