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Show ‘( 43 ) the old Snblidy is no very grent Bnrthen, as 3, 'l‘on of Whale How may fairly be eitimated upon an Average at 2501. but :1 heavier Impofition of fillies-fence per Pound weight was laid on by 1 t and 12 W. III. C. 21. upon all Whale bins in]- ported, which entirely ruin"d the li‘ilhery, and (449) Bone : Between fixty and feventyTon having r'tifiibeen annually imported from Hal/and, which at; the loweft valuation mull be reckon'd 160001. or 170001. par A'mmm. In this State of the Trade the Gulph of St. Lawrence becomes Part of theBrizé/b Dominions, and a great VVhale-Ii‘ii‘hcry made it neceflhry {hit by 10 G. I. c. 12. and is difcover'd there, which was perhaps unknown afterwards by 5 G. 11. c. 28, continued by feveu rial fubfequent Acts, to take 08'" the Duty; but this Relief was COiifined to {itch as {hould be caught in the Greenland Seas, Davis's Snag/2N, er the Seas admitting z/ztrem. ' he whole Burthen iiill continued upon the Ali?;?fit‘t172 Filhery, which indeed was at that time too inconfiderable an Ob‘jeét to attract the publick Notice, and on the name Account was not included in the Encoth roger-none which was afterwards given to the (erznmt! W hale li‘ilhery: tor the merely freeing it from Duty, beinglinlufhcient to eitnblifh it, the fafl'il‘tance of Bounties was applied; firfi of to its former Poliell‘ors: The Induf‘try of the flurritaiz: has improv'd it f0 much, that from y Cm. 0 gm. 17 M. of Bone, which was all they imnorted in 1759, they in 1762 lent hither 335 C. 2 gm. 5 M. and in 1763, 1546 C. 3973. i317], and this rapid l'rogrefs has been made under the Prefi‘ure of a heavy Duty, while at the fame Time, the Rival Trade to Gwen/am? vns fupported by a very liberal Bounty. But the Inequality is now removed, and an Adi was pafs'd during the hilt Sellions, by which all .- uties are taken of? from \Vhale Fins imported from .4merica, except the light Charge of the old Subfidy, The Bounty Zliztemfy é‘i‘iliz'lzgs for every Ton of Shipping em- upon the "rem/(1rd l'ifhery is indeed continued. ployed therein, by 6 G. U. c. 27;, and afterwards by another Aft 'till the Year 1768, but it will not be long; or often demanded -, for the xiiizm'tzn; \Vlmle Fifhery now freed from its Earthen, will ol~ 15":in Ski/hing; pzr Ton, by 2‘2 G. Ii. C. 4. by which Encouragement, the l'urpoks of all theic Fudeavours were at hill: in a great h/lenlin'e an- lirered, and the Briz‘i/rb ‘thtle ‘Filhery began to fuon totally overpower the other, and this ln-~ cope with the Digit/2, or at lealt to intrench on dulgence can therefore only he meant in Favour of the Parties who have hitherto been concerned their lav/ionopoly. The Price of Bone has in Con-requence thereof been reduced from 7001. to in the latter, and who are intitled to the Afiilb .3301, far Ton, and that otOil from 201. to 16 ance of the Publick, to enable them to retire grew dually, inll‘ead of being forced to an abrupt L‘s- fw'l‘on. The Oilwwe precured has generally termination of a Trade, which was benr:licial., hecn equal to our own Conlumption, and fome~ timesl‘oreign Markets have been fupplied out ol" tho' it is now become ul‘elel's to the State. A Year or two there will entirely put an End to it; and cur Abundance ; but we have never been able to that in the Clulph of St. Laurent: will i nmedi~ yzovide ourfelves with a. iiiflitient (.Luantity 0t Ilene. ntely lurniln L3 much 95 wits ever brought hither lit 0 or. |