Lines, Netting, or other Tools or Implements necessary for and used in the Fishery by the Crews of the Ships carrying out the same, and the Craft belonging to and employed by such Vessels in the Fishery; such Provisions, Hooks, Lines, Netting, or other Tools or Implements, being the Product and Manufacture of Great Britain, Ireland, or the said Isle of Man. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 5. mentioned. 6. Provided the Master of such Ship shall produce to Upon the Conthe proper Officer of the Customs in the Colony or Plant-ditions herein ation where he shall arrive, a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Collector or other principal Officer of the Customs in the Port where he shall have fitted out, that Oath hath been made before him by the Shipper of such Provisions, Hooks, Lines, Netting, or other Tools and Implements, that the same are of the Product and Manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, or the Isle of Man, and that the several Articles before mentioned (except the Provisions), specifying the Quantities and Particulars of each Sort, are to be used in the Fishery by the Crew of the Ship carrying out the same, and by the Craft belonging to and to be employed by such Ship in the said Fishery, and for no other Use or Purpose whatsoever (which Oath and Certificate such Collector or other Officer is required to administer and grant without Fee or Reward); and on Failure of producing such Certificate, or if any such Hooks, Lines, Netting, Tools, and Implements, are used or disposed of for any other Purpose, the same and the Ship shall be seized and forfeited, as they would have been if this Act had not been made. 15 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 6. 7. Fish taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the Fishery from any of the following Ports in North America, that is to say, Saint John's in New Brunswick, Saint John's in Newfoundland, Quebec in Canada, Sydney in Cape Breton, Halifax and Shelburne in Nova Scotia, and Charlotte Town in Prince Edward's Island, or taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the Fishery from any Part of the United Kingdom, may be exported from any of the said Colonies to any Part of Europe South of Cape Finisterre, on board any British-built Vessel owned, navigated, and registered according to Law; and any such Ship, after discharging the Cargo of Fish, may lade in any such Part of Europe Fruit, Wine, Oil, Salt, or Cork, for Ex H 3 portation Fish may be Oath to be made that the Fish is British taken and cured, and Certificate pro duced at the Port of Arrival in Europe. The Person in whose Possession the Fish continued until shipped, to make Oath to the Identity, of which a Certificate is to be granted. Vessels employed in the Fishery, or in trading Coastwise,not required to be registered. portation direct to the said Colonies, under the Regulations hereafter mentioned. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 2. 8. The Persons exporting a Cargo from any Port in Nova Scotia or New Brunswick to any such Part of Europe South of Cape Finisterre, shall make Oath at the Port of Shipment before the Chief Officer of the Customs, or the Naval Officer, that the Cargo so shipped is the Produce of the British Fisheries in North America, and bonâ fide taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on such Fisheries from some of the said Colonies, and such Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer shall certify such Oath under his Hand, which Certificate shall be produced by the Master, on his Arrival at the Port in Europe to which such Cargo shall be conveyed, or to which she shall go for the Delivery of the Cargo, and the Master shall make Oath before the British Consul there, or if no Consul, then before Two known British Merchants, that the Certificate so produced was the Certificate of the Officer whose Name it bears, and was duly signed by him. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 4. 9. Before shipping any Pickled Fish or Dry Fish for Exportation from Canada to any Port of Europe within the Limits aforesaid, the Person in whose Possession the same has continued from the Time of its being landed from the Fishing Vessel employed in the taking it, until shipped for Exportation, shall make Oath before the Chief Officer of the Customs or the Naval Officer in Command at Quebec, that the same was the Produce of the British American Fisheries, bonâ fide taken and cured by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the said Fishery from some of the said Colonies; and on such Oath being taken at Quebec, the said Officer of the Customs or Naval Officer shall grant Certificate thereof, signed with his Hand, which Certificate the Master of such Ship shall be required to produce at the Port of Delivery in Europe within the Limits aforesaid, and shall make Oath of the Authenticity of such Certificate in Manner aforesaid. 51 Geo. 3. c. 97. § 6. 10. Vessels not exceeding Thirty Tons Burthen, not having a Deck, employed solely in the Fishery on the Banks or Shores of Newfoundland, the Province of Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, adjacent to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, and to the North of Cape Canso, or the Islands within the same, or in trading Coastwise within the said Limits, are not required to be registered. 26 Geo. 3. c. 60. See REGISTRY OF BRITISH SHIPS. the United 11. Certain Articles, the Produce or Manufacture of Articles may be the United States of America, may be imported into imported from Newfoundland and Quebec for the Use of the Fisheries States. there. 28 Geo. 3. c. 6. § 13. 29 Geo. 3. c. 16. § 1. See NEWFOUNDLAND. 12. The Right of carrying on the Fishery at Newfoundland, and going on Shore for the Curing, Salting, Drying, and Husbanding Fish, vested in His Majesty's Subjects. 10 & 11 W. 3. c. 25. § 1. 12 Geo. 3. c. 31. § 4. 51 Geo. 3. c. 45. § 2. See NEWFOUNDLAND, The Right of portation of Oil 13. Oil and Blubber taken and caught on the Banks Certificate reand Shores of Newfoundland by British Subjects shall quired on Exnot be admitted to Entry as such in Great Britain, and Blubber unless accompanied with a Certificate under the Hand from Newfoundand Seal of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Naval land. Officer, or other Principal Officer, or a Justice of the Peace, testifying that Oath had been made before him that the Oil and Blubber was really the Produce of Fish, or Creatures living in the Sea, taken by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on such Fishery, and usually residing in Newfoundland, or in His Majesty's European Domi-nions. 55 Geo. 3. c. 125. See NEWFOUNDLAND.. Flar. See "Hemp." Flour. See "Corn." Free Ports. into the Free Vessels owned 1. Wool, Cotton Wool, Indigo, Cochineal, Drugs of Certain Articles all Sorts, Cocoa, Logwood, Fustic, and all Sorts of Wood may be imported for Dyers Use, Hides, Skins, and Tallow, Beaver and all Sorts of Furs, Tortoise Shell, Hard Wood or Mill Timber, Mahogany, and all other Woods for Cabinet Ware, Horses, Asses, Mules and Cattle, the Growth or Production of any of the Colonies or Plantations in America, or of any Country on the Continent of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European H 4 Sovereign Ports herein under Foreign Sovereign or State, Coin, Bullion, Diamonds, Precious Stones, may be imported from any of the said Countries, into the Ports hereafter mentioned; that is to say, Tobacco may be imported in such Vessels, and exported to the United Kingdom. San Josef Scarborough Road Harbour Nassau Pitt's Town Kingston The Principal Port Any Port where there is a Custom-house Bridgetown Antigua. New Providence. Crooked Island. Saint Vincent. Bahamas. Barbadoes. In any Foreign Sloop, Schooner, or other Vessel *, being owned and navigated by Persons inhabiting any of the said Colonies or Plantations in America, or Countries on the Continent of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. 49 Geo. 3. c. 22. 52 Geo. 3. c. 99. 57 Geo. 3. c. 74. 2. Tobacco, the Growth or Production of any Island in the West Indies, or of any Country on the Continent of America, belonging to or under the Dominion of any Foreign European Sovereign or State, may be imported from any such Island or Country, into any of the Ports herein-before enumerated, in the like Foreign Vessels, and be again exported from thence to any Part of the United Kingdom, under the same Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as are in this Act contained with regard to the Goods herein-before enumerated. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 2. * So much of the 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. as confined the Trade to Vessels not having more than One Deck, is repealed by the Acts 50 Geo. 3. c. 21. and 54 Geo. 3. c. 48. 3. It shall be lawful to import into the said Port of Sugar and Coffee Nassau in the Island of New Providence, and into the of Foreign Colonies may be imsaid Port of Pitt's Town in Portland Harbour in Crooked ported into cerIsland, and into such other Ports in the said Bahama tain Ports in Islands, and into the principal Port in the Island of Ber- such Vessels. muda, and into such Ports in the Islands called Caicos as shall be approved by His Majesty in Council, Sugar and Coffee, the Produce of any Foreign Country or Plantation, in such Foreign Ships, and subject to such Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions, as are prescribed in this Act with respect to the Goods and Merchandize hereinbefore enumerated; and such Sugar and Coffee may be so imported into and exported from any of the said Ports without Payment of any Duty of Customs. 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. § 4, 5. 4. His Majesty, by and with the Advice of the Privy Council, may permit the Importation into the Port of Road Harbour in the Island of Tortola, one of the Virgin Islands, and the Exportation from thence into this Kingdom, of all Goods permitted to be imported into the Port of Nassau in the Island of New Providence, and to be exported from thence to this Kingdom, in the same manner, on the same Duties and Drawbacks, and subject to the same Rules, Regulations, Restrictions, Penalties, and Forfeitures, as are provided in 45 Geo. 3. c. 57. respecting Importation into and Exportation from the Port of Nassau, and further subject to such Rules, Regulations, Conditions, and Restrictions, as shall from Time to Time be directed by His Majesty, by and with the Advice aforesaid. 46 Geo. 3. c. 72. § 1. Certain Articles permitted to be imported into and exported from Road Tortola in Foreign Vessels; Harbour in ment of Duty. 5. His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy also Sugar Council, may permit the Importation into the Port of without PayRoad Harbour in Tortola, and Exportation from thence, without Payment of any Duty of Customs, of all Sugar, subject to such Rules, Regulations, and Restrictions as may be directed by His Majesty, by such Advice as aforesaid; and all Sugar imported into the United Kingdom from Tortola, (except such Sugar as shall be of the Growth and Produce of the British Virgin Islands, and exported as such under the Certificates of the Collector and Comptroller of the Customs of the said Islands, which Certificate shall be given in such Form as shall be directed by His Majesty, by and with the Advice of His Privy Council, and shall not be given in any one Year for any greater Quantity than 5,880,000 Pounds Weight), shall |