WHALE FISHERY,-(continued.) of the British Greenland and Southern whale fisheries,—(continued.) it existed only 14 years, 330. South Sea company attempts the whale fishery, 330. in order to encourage said company the produce of the whale fishery was scarce any Englishmen capable of prosecuting the fishery, 331. the expence of this attempt, 331. other attempts made, 331, 2. South Sea company great losers by the fishery, 332. statement of their accounts, 332. the beneficial results, if their attempts had succeeded, 333. construction of act relative to payment of the customs on the produce of bounty granted on the whale fishery, 334. reasons why British not successful in this fishery, 334, 5. very precarious in the frozen seas, 335. increase of English shipping employed in, 335. act for encouraging it from the American colonies, 335, 6. edict of Frederick V. king of Denmark regarding, 336. provision of 28 Geo. 2. c. 20. regarding the shipping employed in, 336, 7- report of the lords of trade regarding, 337. further encouraged by exemption from duty, 337, 8. bounties and encouragements of, further continued, 338. importation of fins, &c. may be duty-free, 338. a new bounty given, 338. regulations affecting the manning of fishing vessels, 338. invention for striking the harpoons, 339. premiums to colonial vessels importing oil, &c. 339, 40. further regulations respecting the fishery, 340. 200. penalty for carrying fishery artificers to America, 340. boundary thereof fixed, 341. ships during war permitted to take in men at Shetland, 341. ships proceeding for, to be visited by officer of customs, 341, his duty there, 341. he is to certify his visitation and examination, &c., 341. oath of master on vessels setting sail, 341. and n. 4.-(See "Oath.") when license for sailing to be granted, 341. requisites of a ship to proceed on the voyage, 342. must have a proportion of fishing lines and harpoon irons, 342. must have on board apprentices, 342. the number of men requisite, 342. certificate of custom officer on her return, 342. oath on ship's return, 342. officer of customs to make a schedule of persons on board, 342. oath, licence, schedule, and certificate to be returned to the commissioners WHALE FISHERY,-(continued.) of the British Greenland and Southern whale fishery,-(continued.) how to proceed when ship is forced from the seas, 343. bounty payable where by accident ship does not sail before 10th of April, whaler falling in with king's ship must produce log book, 343. putting into foreign ports, 343. whales, &c. may be imported, duty free, 343. oath on this occasion, 343. granting false certificate subjects offender to a penalty of £500., 344. extent of the seas ascertained, 344. what mariuers on board of a whaler free from impress laws, 344. how far apprentices free from impress, 344. n. 2. encouragements of the southern whale fishery, 344, 5. at what time vessels must sail to entitle themselves to them, 345. in what case no premium allowed, 345. of what built the vessels must be, and to whom belong, 345. log book must be kept and produced at sea to king's ships, 345. how foreigners employed in, are to gain the privilege of British subjects, times prescribed for the departure and arrival of vessels entitled to the additional premiums given, 346. the distances they may go, 346. they must license as before, 346. must give a bond, 346 what vessels may be armed, and what licence necessary, 346. foreigners bringing in their vessels, 346, 7. importing oil, &c. produce of, 347. bounty to vessels going to the Greenland Seas and Davis's Straits, 347. what fishing vessels not stay out more than 16 months, 347. what men engaged are exempt from impress, 348. 1791, spermaceti whale fishery commenced, 348. alteration of the bounty law, 348. whaling boats not liable to seizure, though built as luggers, 348. further liberty given to them of sailing beyond certain points, 348. deficiency in time of war in men allowed, 349. where they must fill up their complement, 349. to what islands vessels may go to refresh and refit, 349, 50. amount of bounties altered, 350. requisites of whalers claiming bounties, 350, 1. no premium payable unless ship has an apprentice, 351.-(See "Ap- log book must be kept, certain facts noticed therein, 351. oath of master, &c. on importation of oil, &c., 351. forfeits 500. if he receives on board any oil, &c. not caught by his crew, WHALE FISHERY,-(continued.) of the British Greenland and Southern whale fishery,―(continued.) licence and bond when required, 351. what privileges granted to foreign fishermen coming to reside here, 352. quantity of oil that vessels fishing in the South Atlantic Ocean must have, how far vessels passing the Cape of Good Hope may extend their cruises, further encouragements held out to foreign fishermen, 354. for the Greenland Seas and Davis's Straits fisheries, 354. various laws regarding the duty on importation of oil, &c., 354. vessels allowed to pass the Straits of Magellan, or round Cape Horn, granting false certificates, 355. further bounties, 355. oaths required of foreigners, 356. bounties added and continued till December 1819, 356. same benefits result if the whaler returns to Ireland as to Great Britain, cause of decay in the English Greenland, 357. customs regulating the practice at the whale fisheries, 357. where two ships strike the same whale, 357. case deciding the point, 337. facts of the case, 357, 8. custom directly the reverse in the Greenland trade, 358. what the custom is there, 358. the months mentioned in 28 Geo. 3. c. 20. mean lunar months, 359. whether ship is to be deemed sea-worthy when her crew is reduced by construction of the statutes which prescribe certain limits to whalers, 359. case where mariners stipulate to receive part of the cargo as their wages, 360. men serving on board of lobster fishing vessels off Heligoland, not liable cases relative to altering the stamps on insurances for whaling voyages, distinction between outfit and goods, 361. WHARFINGER.-(See post, third volume," Bailees.") landing or lading goods on board of ship without presence of officer, or at WILL, probate of will here binds probate granted in colony, 661. WINE, alien may not export, 150. formerly necessary to import it in English shipping, 170.-(See "Shipping.") WINE,-(continued.) prohibited to be imported from the Netherlands or Germany, 177. this exception extends to all wines of the growth of Germany there- opinion of Sir T. Trevor as to the extent of this restriction, 178. does not extend to the exclusion of wines growing on and near the the restriction relaxed in favour of Hungary wines, 178. what may come from the Austrian Netherlands, 178, 9. how French wines are to be imported, 180. usages regarding importation of, contrary to the express law, 183, 4. the produce of the Madeiras may be exported thence to the colonies, 228. the produce of the Azores may be exported thence to the colonies, bond required on being taken out of warehouse, 555.-(See " Warehousing.") except it is produce of East and West Indies, 559.-(See "Landing and 66 regulations necessary to be observed to entitle foreign wine to the drawback on debenture, oath, and bond for it, 599. as to the prisage and butlerage of, 696, 98.-(See " Prisage and Butlerage.") the prisage and butlerage of, when abolished, 706. bought of the grantees of the crown, and wine only subject to the customa the only duties now payable are those mentioned in the 59 Geo. 3. c. 52. it must be in British or Irish-built vessels, 707. as to the manifest for, 732. regulated by 26 Gco. 3. c. 40., 732. cannot be imported from any foreign country without manifest, 733. what part must be in words at length, 733. this manifest is required in addition to all other documents, 733. manifest now required on wines coming from East Indies or Cape of a practice had obtained of not requiring the manifest, but it is now under- imported from foreign parts not subject to English crown, by whom casks containing wine for importation must be of 25 gallons, 771. n. 2. as to the excise permit for removal of, 843. when wanted to remove quantity above three gallons, what to express, how to be granted for a private person not a dealer, 844. dealer not entitled to permit, if wine laid in before licence, 844. person intending to become dealer in, must take out licence before stock WISBURG. (See "Customary Law.") ordinances of are of, high authority, 36.] WITNESS. (See "Evidence.") on trial of an information for forfeiting of goods, when master of vessel is not a abroad or going abroad, how to proceed to get his evidence, 655-(See "Eri witness in India, how to get his evidence, when proceedings are in K. B., when proceedings are in parliament, 656.-(See " Parliament.”) to support charge of misdemeanour committed in India, how to get his evi- to support charge against persons holding public offices abroad, 657. in such prosecutions K. B. may order witness to be examined on de bene in- what summons sufficient to, from commissioners of excise, 825. -WOOD, as to the duties on importation of, 707. Santa Maria wood, fit for naval purposes, exempt from them till March but the importation must be in British built shipping, British navigated, same regulations in force with respect to teake wood from British colonies in this case due entry must be made, and wood landed in presence of same provisions in force in relation to importation of this wood from East they are contained in the 34 Geo. 3. c. 56., 707. WOOD. (See "Timber.") WOOL, might formerly be exported by alien, 148. 151. alien to be sworn to hold no staple of beyond sea, 150. not to be exported by natural born subjects, 151. cotton wool may be imported from any port in British ships, British navigated, 197. one of the colonial enumerated articles, 222. as to the encouragement of importation of wool, 539. the duties payable on importation of, 539. as to cotton wool, 539.-(See "Cotton.") the words "all sorts of wool" in 43 Geo. 3. c. 143. does not extend to cot- cannot be exported, 571. forfeiture in case of its being exported, 571. 73. exporting wool was once felony, 572. all the early provisions regarding the export of it were repealed by the 28 Geo. 3. they extend to woolfells, mortlings, shortlings, wadding, &c., 572, 3. but the provisions regarding wool shorn, and some others, are excepted, 572. punishment in case of a second offence, 573. |