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Bounty of 50s. per Ton on Fishing Vessels, not less than 15 Tons Burden, up to 60 Tons.
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Whereas the Improvement of the Irish Fisheries, and more especially the White Herring Fishery, is an Object of the most essential Importance to the Wealth and Commercial Prosperity, as well as to the Naval Strength of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; for the Attainment of which it is expedient that more effectual Regulations should be made, in order to the ensuring a due and proper Attention to the curing, sorting and packing of such Herrings and Fish; and that the Credit of the Fisheries of the United Kingdom in our Colonies, and in Foreign Parts may be maintained :’ Be it therefore enacted by The King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That a Bounty of Fifty Shillings per Ton shall be paid annually out of His Majesty's Revenues under the Management of the Commissioners of Customs and Port Duties in Ireland, to the Owner or Owners of all such decked Vessel or Vessels of not less than Fifteen Tons Burden, or to the Person or Persons hiring or chartering such Vessel or Vessels, which now are or hereafter shall be fitted out from any Port in Ireland, for fishing and curing Fish in the Irish Fisheries, in manner and under the Conditions hereinafter mentioned: Provided always, that no Bounty shall be paid on any such Vessel or Vessels for any greater Number of Tons than Sixty.
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