the Lord's Day be devoutly and duly observed that the Book of Common Prayer as by Law established in this Kingdom be read each Sunday and Holyday and the Blessed Sacrament administered according to the Rites of the Church of England in all such Chapels or public places of Worship as are already or may be settled there for Public Worship according to the Rites of the Church of England.

    22.  And if any Minister of the Church of England shall appear to give Scandal either by his Doctrine or Manners or if any Persons not being in Orders shall preach or administer the Holy Sacrament in any Church or Chapel you shall give an account thereof to the Lord Bishop of London.

    23.  And you are to take especial care that a Table of Marriages as established by the Canons of the Church of England be hung up in every Church or Chapel or other public place of Worship and be duly observed.

    24.  And Whereas it is of the highest importance to the Naval Power of Great Britain that the Seamen and Fishermen employed in the Fisheries carried on at Newfoundland should return annually at the end of the Fishing Season to some part of Our European Dominions You are to use your utmost endeavours at the end of every Fishing Season to encourage and promote the return of every such seaman and Fisherman to such part of Our European Dominions to which he belongs You are to take care that the wise Provisions of the Acts passed in the 15^th and 26^th Years of Our Reign for the purpose above mentioned be carried into strict execution and that the Monies retained and deducted out of the Wages of such Seamen or Fishermen by their Hirers or Employers for paying their passage home be applied to that salutary purpose And you are to report whether the said Provisions are any ways defective And whether any frauds are practised in order to evade them and whether the Hirers or Employees consider themselves as entitled to retain and deduct such Monies although no part thereof is paid or Agreement made with the Master of any Passage Ship for a Passage home And you are to discourage the practice which has lately prevailed among the Inhabitants of the said Island of Newfoundland of retaining during the Winter the said Seamen and Fishermen under the name and description of Dieters And you are also to discourage and as far as you are able to prevent any of the said Seamen and Fishermen from deserting to any Foreign Country or from going to reside and establish themselves in the Countries belonging to the United States or even in any of Our own Colonies in North America.

    25.  You shall use your best endeavours to obtain an accurate account of the numbers of Persons resorting in each Season to the Island of Newfoundland and the Islands adjacent distinguishing those who come from the Ports of Great Britain from the Ports of Ireland and from Jersey Guernsey Alderney and Sark and distinguishing such as are Seamen from such as are Passengers and of the numbers which continue to reside there all the Year distinguishing the number of Catholics and Protestants and the number of Births Marriages and Burials in every Year And you are to obtain an account of the British

Sack Ships and Fishing Ships and of their Tonnage that annually arrive in the Harbours under your Government and of the number of their Tonnage that depart annually for the different Markets either Foreign or British distinguishing to what Countries or Places the same are bound and of the quantities of each sort of Fish Oil or other Articles with which they are respectively laden And you are also to obtain an account of the number of Boats employed in the said Fisheries either by Our Subjects resorting thither from Our European Dominions or by the Inhabitants of the said Island respectively You are also to obtain an account of the number of Quintals of the different sorts of Fish taken in each Season and of the quantity of Oil made whether of Seal or Cod or other Animals living in the Sea And you are also to obtain an account of the quantity of each of the before mentioned Articles reserved and not sent to Market at the end of the Fishing Season You are also to obtain an account of the average prices at which each of these Articles sell during each Season in the Island You are hereby strictly commanded to be very exact in making all these enquiries and to enjoin Our Officers under your Command as also the Admirals and the proper Officers in those Harbours to which your personal Inspection cannot extend to be as accurate as may be in the Returns which they shall make to you that those Returns be properly attested and signed by them And all these particulars you are to report to Us through One of Our principal Secretaries of State according to the Form of the Schedule marked A hereunto annexed And with respect to such of the said particulars of which it is possible more accurate accounts may be obtained after your Departure from the said Island by the Collector or other Officers of the Customs and by Our Naval Officer You are to give directions to Our said Officers of the Customs and Our Naval Officer that they prepare accounts thereof attested by each of them according to the form of the said Schedule and transmit the same to you to be laid before One of Our Principal Secretaries of State for Our information You are also to endeavour to obtain as accurate an account as you are able of the Fishery carried on by the Citizens of the French Republic and to report the same to Us through One of Our Principal Secretaries of State according to the form of the Schedule hereunto annexed marked B You are to give all due and legal support to the Officers of Our Customs in the discharge of their duty and they are hereby required with all convenient speed at the end of the Fishing Season to transmit to the Lords Commissioners of Our Treasury an annual account of all Articles imported into the Island of Newfoundland and the Islands adjacent distinguishing the Countries from whence the same were brought and particularly the Provisions imported under the Regulations of an Act passed in the 28^th Year of Our Reign Cap: 6. See: 13 from the Countries of the United States of America with an account of the duties paid on such Articles as are liable to duty You are also to endeavour to obtain the best account you are able of the Wages paid to the Seamen & Fishermen and in what manner the same are paid and whether the old custom of carrying on the Fishery upon Shares is now continued and to what extent You are also to endeavour to obtain an account of the Prices

at which Provisions and other important Articles are sold in the course of the Fishing Season and also during the Winter and whether the same are paid for in Cash Fish or Bills and if in Fish whether the Fish is rated at the Market price or at what rate It is Our further Will and Pleasure that you pay attention to every circumstance that may in your judgement contribute to the prosperity of the said Trade and Fishery and to the well being of all Persons concerned in them and that you consider of such measures as it may be proper for Us to pursue for attaining those important purposes And you are upon all occasions to send unto Us thro' One of Our Principal Secretaries of State a particular account of all your proceedings and of the condition of the affairs of the Islands under your Government and the Trade and Fishery thereof and of the Banks Seas and Ports adjacent And also a Copy of the same to the Lords of Our Privy Council appointed for the consideration of all Matters relating to Trade and Foreign Plantations.

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