688 C. 23. Anno vicefmio nono Georgii II. A. D. 1756, Stives of Her. fliall be packed or put up, (liall be at lead one Half Part of an Inch in thicknefs throughout, of made hcmuT^^d Work; and if after the faid twenty-fifth Day of Jime one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-eight, thick^hroug"h-' any Barrel or Barrels containing fuch Fifli, fnall be found to be of a leis thicknefs, than one out, Half Part of an Inch in any Part of the faid Barrel, any Officer of Curtoms or Excife,_ or any on Penalty of Curemalter m Scotland, are hereby authorized and required to feize the fame, andupon Proof thereof being confifcat- before any two Juftices of the Peace, the Owner or Proprietor of fuch P~ilh Ihall forfeit both Fifli and edi'.with tlieFidi. ggj-rel, 5 Ann. c. 8. ' V. And whereas by an A(5t made in the fifth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled. An ' Aot for an Union of the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland ; it is enafted. That from and after the ' Union, the Laws and Adfs of Parliament in Scotland for pining, curing, and packing of Herrings, ' White Filh and Salmon for Exportation, with foreign Salt only, without any Mixture of Britijb or ' hijh Salt, be continued in Force in Scotland, fubjeft to fuch Alterations, as Ihallbe made by a Britijh ' Parliament ; and that for eftablilTiing an Equality in Trade, all Filh exported from Scotland to Parts ' beyond the Seas, which fliould be cured with foreign Salt only, without any Adixture of Britijh or ' Irijl} Salt, fhould have the fame Eafes, Premiums and Drawbacks, as were or Ihould be allowed to ' fuch Perfons as export the like P'ifh from England; by which enading Claufe the Curers of Fifii in ' that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, are reftridfed and debarred from ufing either Britijh Salt, or ' a Mixture of Britijh and foreign Salt, in the curing of any Kind of Fifli for Exportation, and have ' not the I/iberty of taking Salt free of Duty from the Salt Works for curing of Filh for Exportation. ' which Reftridlion and Prohibition are found by Experience to be very detrimental to the Filhing ' Trade of that Part of Great Britain called Scotland : And whereas by an Acl made in the fiftli Year 5 Geo. I. C.18. ' of the Reign of his late Majefty King George the Firfl, intituled. An A^ for recovering the Credit of ' the Britifli Fijliery in Foreign Parts, and for better feciiring the Duties on Salt ; the Curers of Filh in that ' Part of Great Britain called England are allowed to ule either Foreign or Britijl) Salt, or to mix them ' in curing of any Kind of Fifh, and alio to import foreign Salt, and take Salt from the Salt Works ' without paying any Duty for the fame, except the Cuftoms payable on fuch foreign Salt at the Impor- 8 Geo. I. c. 16. ' tation thereof, for curing of Fifli for Exportation only : And whereas by an Act made in the eighth ' Year of the Reign of his late Majefl;y King George the Firfl-, intituled. An An for taking off the Duty ' upon Salt ujcd in the curing and making of White Herrings; and in ft cad thereof laying a proportionable Duty ' upon all mite Herrings confumed at Home only, the Curers of W hite Herrings in that Part of Great Bri-. ' tain called England were allowed to ufe fuch Foreign and Britijii Salt as fliould be delivered to them ' Duty-free for the curing of Fifli for Exportation, in the curing of White Herrings for Home Con- ' fumption, upon Payment of a Duty of three Shillings and four Pence for every Barrel of fuch White ' Herrings as ihould be entered for Home Confumption, under certain Regulations and Penalties in the ' faid Adt mentioned : And whereas the extending the faid Provifions and Regulations in the faid Acts ' made in the fifth and eighth Years of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, would tend to the Encou- ' ragement and Improvement of the Fiflieries in Scotland, and to the Benefit and Advantage of the Liberty given to ' United Kingdom ;' Be it therefore further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That tram and after '"ir'and"™'^" the twenty-fifth Day of June one thoufand feven hundred and fifty-fix, it fliall and may be lawful for rakeBriti(h any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever in that Part oi Great Britain c^WtA Scotland, to import foreign Salr, Salt, and to take Britijh Salt there from the Salt Works, without paying any Duty for the fame, for curing for curing Fifli of Fifli for Exportation only; except the Cuftoms payable upon the Importation of fuch foreign Salt j for Exportation, and that it fliall and may be lawful for any Perfon or Perfons whomfoever, in that Part of Great Bri- noimoTimpor- '"'5/ Called Scotland, to ufe any fuch foreign or Britijl} Salt as fliall be delivered Duty-free for curing of tation excepted, Fifli for Exportation, in the curing of White Herrings for Home Conlumption ; and that the faid Act 50^0. I.e. ig. '"3de in the fifth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, intituled, An Ail J'or recovering the Credit ' of the Britilh Fijlury in foreign Parts, and for better fecuring the Duties on Salt ; and alfo the faid A<5t ■ '• "■ '^' made in the eighth Year of the Reign of his faid late Majefty, intituled. An Acl for taking off the Dutv extended, un- ^'f"'" "^^ ^^^^ ^'fi^ !" ^^'^ curing arid tnaking of White Herrings ; and inftead thereof laying a proportionable <ier certain Re- Duty Upon all White Herrings coufumed at Hc7ne only ; and every Claufe, Regulation, Exemption, Penal- rtritTiors, to ty, Punifliment, Provilb, Rule, Article, Matter' and Thing whatfoevor in the faid Aels contained, fo cotiand. f^^ .^^ relates to the curing of Fifli for Exportation with Salt, without Payment of Duty, and Lkewife to the feveral Rates or Sums of Money allowed upon the Exportation of Fifli from that Part of Great Britain called England, and alfo to the curing of White Herrings for Home Conlumption (except the Jnipofition of the faid Duty of three Shillings and four Pence per Barrel) fliall be, and the fame are hereby declared to extend to that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, in as full and ample Manner as if the fame were repeated and re-enafted in this prefent Aif ; any thing in the faid Ads or in any other Ad of Parliament contained to the contrary notwithftanding. A Duty of IS. VI. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforefaid. That for every Barrel of White Her- aMein'scMhrni '^^^^ Containing thirty-two Gallons, entered for Home Conlumption in that Part of Great Britain called onHeiringi'en-'-*"'^'^! the Proprietor of fuch Herrings fliall pay a Duty of one Shilling, and fo in Proportion for tered lor Home every Halt Barrel; under the Regulations and Penalties prefcribed and inflicted in the laid laft mention- ConAnnption. gd Ad, tor ths afcertaining, collecting, and recovering the laid Duty of three Shillings and four Pence per Barrel, and "s. 4- pef VII. And be it further enaded by the Authority aforeHiid, That it fliall and may be lawful to carry rinK^'bro^ilght"' ^"^ ^■'.'"'"S ffom any Poi t of that Part of Great Britain called Scotland, to any Port of that Part oi Great into England, Britain cMcd England, White Herrings cured whh Britijh or foreign Salt, the Perfons bringing; the laid iZ^r™.lrH r, f"f<^'"""gs '"'o England, Dominion of Wales, and I'own of Bertvick upon Ttceed, paying at ^lie Port Confumption? ^° ^'"^^^^ ^he fame Ihall be brought thice Shillings and four Pence for every Barrel ot fuch White Her- 8 rings,
