5. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for any of his Majesty’s subjects residing in Ireland to ship and lade there, and to transport directly from thence to Newfoundland, or to any part of America where the fishery is now or shall hereafter be carried on, on board any ship or vessel which may lawfully trade or fish there, any provisions, and also any hooks, lines, netting, or other tools or implements necessary for and used in the fishery by the crews of the ships or vessels carrying out the same, and the craft belonging to and employed by such ships or vessels in the said fishery, such provisions, hooks, lines, netting, or other tools or implements, being the product and manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, and that it shall and may be lawful for any of his Majesty’s subjects residing in the Isle of Man, in like manner to export directly from thence any of the articles herein-before mentioned for the purpose aforesaid, such articles being the product or manufacture of Great Britain, or the said Isle of Man, any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
Masters of vessels to produce certificates from the officer of customs, that the provisions, &c. are the product, &c. of Great Britain or Ireland. On failure, &c. the ship to be forfeited.
6. Provided always, and it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the master or other person taking charge of such ship or vessel shall produce to the proper officer of the customs in the colony or plantation 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 respectively, as the fact may be, 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 crews of the respective ship or vessel carrying out the same, and by the craft belonging to and to be employed by such ship or vessel in the said fishery, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever, (which oath and certificate such collector or other officer is hereby authorised and 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 or vessel having the same on board, shall be liable to be seized and forfeited in the same manner as they would have been subject and liable if this act had not been made, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
No fishing ships, or any craft carrying necessaries for the fishery, to be liable to any restraint as to time of working, nor to make any entry at the customhouse, &c.
7. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, from and after the first day of January one thousand seven hundred and seventy-six, all vessels fitted and cleared out as fishing ships in pursuance of this act, or of the before-mentioned act, made in the tenth and eleventh years of the reign of the late King William the third, and which shall be actually employed in the fishery there, or any boat or craft whatsoever employed in carrying coastwise, to be landed or put on board any ships or vessels, any fish, oil, salt provisions, or other necessaries, for the use and purpose of that fishery, shall not be liable to any restraint or regulation with respect to days or hours of working, nor to make any entry at the customhouse at Newfoundland, except a report to be made by the master on his first arrival there, and at his clearing out from thence; and that a fee not exceeding two shillings and sixpence shall and may be taken by the officers of the customs at Newfoundland for each such report; and that no other fee shall be taken or demanded by any officer of the customs there, upon any other pretence whatsoever, relative to the said fishery, any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
If ships have on board any other goods than fish or oil, &c. they shall be under the usual restrictions, &c.
8. Provided always, and be it enacted, That in case any such fishing ship or vessel shall at her last clearing out from the said island of Newfoundland have on board, or export any goods or merchandise whatsoever, except fish, or oil made of fish, such ship or vessel, and the goods thereon laden, shall be subject and liable to the same securities, restrictions, and regulations, in all respects, as they would have been subject and liable to if this act had not been made, any thing herein-before contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Act 25 Car. II. allowing train oil, &c. to be imported duty-free, recited, and after Sept. 1, 1775, extended to all ships belonging to Great Britain, Ireland, Guernsey, &c.
9. And whereas by an act, made in the twenty-fifth year of the reign of King Charles the second, (intituled, An act for the encouragement of the Greenland and Eastland Trades, and for the better securing the plantation trade), and by other acts of parliament, it is lawful for any person or persons to import into England train oil or blubber of Greenland, and parts adjacent, and those seas, or of Newfoundland, or of any other his Majesty’s colonies and plantations, made of fish, or of any other creature living in the seas, and whale fins caught in any ships or vessels truly and properly belonging to England or Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and imported in such ships, without paying any custom or duty for the same, which liberty, by a subsequent act of parliament, is extended to ships belonging to Great Britain; and it is reasonable that the same indulgence should be extended to oil and blubber of fish, and other creatures living in the sea, and to whale fins caught in any part of the ocean by ships belonging to Great Britain, Ireland, and the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Man; be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That, from and after the first day of September one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, the liberty granted by the said act to import into this kingdom oil or blubber of fish, or other creatures living in the sea, or whale fins taken within the limits therein mentioned, duty-free, shall extend, and be construed to extend, to such oil or blubber, or whale fins, as shall be so taken in any part of the ocean by, and imported in any ship or vessel truly and properly belonging to his Majesty’s subjects of Great Britain, Ireland, or the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, or Man, any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.
After Sept. 1, 1775, undressed seal skins may be imported duty-free.