g6 C. 15 — 17. Anno primo Ann^ Reginos. Stat. 2. A. D. 1701. Water Meafure described. Fruic fold by Water Meafure ihall be heaped. Penalty. C A P. XV. An Aft to afcertain the Water Meafure of Fruit,
- 1T7 PIE RE AS Apples and Pears are frequently fold by Meafure, commonly called I^Fatcr Meafure,,
• VV the Contents whereof are very uncertain, and not afcertained by LaA' : And whereas the Un- ' tainty thereof occafions many frivolous and vexatious Suits between the Buyer and th; Seller:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's moil Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confenl of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this prefent Parliament afTembled, and by the Autho-. rity of the fame, That the Meafure, commonly called JVatcr Meafure, fhall be round, and in Diameter eighteen Inches and an Half within the Hoop, and eight Inches deep, and no more, and fo in Pro- portion for any greater or lelTer Meafure ; and that every Meafure, commonly called Water Meafure, by which Apples and Pears are fold, fhall be heaped as ufually ; and that whofoever fliall fell or buy any Apples or Pears by or with any other Meafure, feall forfeit for every fuch Offence ten Shillings, one H.tlf to the Inform.er, and the other Half to the Poor of the Parifh v/here fuch Offence fliall be commit- ted, being thereof lawfully convicled by the Oath of one fufficient Witnefs before any Juftice of the Peace, Mayor, or other Hsad Officer of the County, City, or Town Corporate, where the faid Offence fhall be committed, who by virtue of this Adt fhall have Power to adminifter an Oath in that Behalf, Not to extend to fealed Meafuies aUowed by the Fruiterers Com- pany of London. 4 & 5 W. & M, c. 17. 5 Geo. 3. c. z8. 6 Geo. 2. c. 33. J 3 Geo. 2. c. 28. azCeo, z, c, 45, 15 Car. i. e. 7. 3riti(h Subjeds may trade to Greenland, &c. • By 10 Geo. i. c. i6. & 12 Geo, I. c. 26. §, 7. Pritilh Subjefts fifhing in Green- land or in Davis*s Streights,mayim- port Whale Fins, Oil, and Blub- ber, Cuftom free.* No Harpooner, &c. to be im~ prefled. i'fd fartbsr eS Get. 2. c. 20. g&ioW.j.csg. fjQeo. ?, c, so. the Overplus. II. Provided, That this AQ:, or any thing therein contained, fhall not extend to any Meafures fealed and allowed by the Mailers, Wardens, Afllftants and Commonalty of the Freemen of the Art or Myf- tery of the Fruiterers of the City of London, to be ufed in the meafuring of Fruit fold by them in the faid City, and Liberties thereof, or within three Miles Diftance from the fame City, CAP. XVL An Aft for the enlarging and encouraging the GreenlanA Trade. WHEREAS by an A£i: made in the fourth and fifth Years of the Reign of their late Majefties King William and Qiieen Mary, for encouraging the Greenland Fifhery, a Company was thereby incorporated, giving Liberty to the faid Company, excluliye to the reft of their Majefties Sub- jedls, it is thereby enacted. That it fliall and may be lawful for the faid Company thereby eftablifhed, and for all and every the Ships and Veffcls belonging to or imployed by the faid Company, and truly be- longing to England, Wales, or the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and whereof the Mafters fhall be Englijh Men, and inhabiting within the Places aforefaiJ, and for no other Ship or Veffel whatfoever, from and after the firft Day of May in the Year of our Lord one thoufand fix hundred ninety-three, and until, the firft Day of Ociober which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and feven, imployed for the catching of Whales in the Greeland Seas, and other- the Seas and Places afore- faid, during fuch their Voyages, to be navigated with one Third of the Mariners EnglijJo at the leaft, and yet to pay no further or other Cuftom for the Oil, Blubber, or Fins caught and imported in fuch Ships or Veffels, than if fuch Ships or Veffels had been navigated with three Fourths of the Mariners Engli/h; any Law, Statute or Ufage to the contrary notwithftanding : Provided always, and it is thereby further ena£ted by the Authority aforefaid, That no Englifo Ship or other Veffel belonging to England, Wales, or the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, and which fhall belong to, and be imployed by the faid Company in the catching of Whales in the Greenland Seas, and other the Seas and Places aforefaid, fhall enjoy- any Benefit or Privilege by this A<5f, unlefs fuch Ship or Veffel did proceed on her Voyage for Green- land, and thofe Seas, or for other the Seas and Places aforefaid, from England or JVales, or the Town' of Berwick upon Tiueed, and was victualled for the faid Voyage in fome of thofe Places, to be attefted' by the Colle6tor of the Port where the fame Ship or Veffel was viftualled : Notwithftanding which, the faid Company have of late wholly neglefted and loft that Trade to this Nation :' And therefore, for the enlarging and encouraging the Greenland Trade, and for the better Improvement of the fame for the Good of England, may it pleafe your Majefty that it may be enaiSted ; and be it ena£led by the Qiieen's' moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons, in this prefent Parliament affembled, and by the Authority of the fame, That from and after the firft Day of May which fhall be in the Year of our Lord one thoufand feven hundred and two, it fhall and may be lavvful for any of her Majefty's Subjects whatfoever, that will adventure to Greenland for fifhing of Whales, to have and enjoy all the Privileges that were granted to the faid Company by the aforefaid Aft, and fhall not pay any further or other Duty, than if they had been of the faid Greenland Company ; any Law or Statute to the contrary notwithftanding. ' II, And be it further ena£i:ed by the Authority aforefaid. That no Harpooner, or other Foreigners that are permitted by the faid Aft for carrying on the faid Filhery, fhall be impreffed for her Majefty'? Service, ' • • . C A P. XVIL An Aft for continuing and amending the Aft made in the ninth Year of his late Majefty's Reign, inti- tuled. An JifJ^or the fettling and adjiijling the Proportions of fine Silver and Silk) and for the better making
