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 in like manner 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 Whale, Seal or Cod, or other animals living in the Sea, together with an Account of the quantity of each of the abovementioned 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 these several Articles sell during each Season in the Island; in making which enquiries you are to be extremely careful and exact, enjoining our Officers under your Command as well as the proper Officers in those Harbours to which your personal inspection cannot extend, to be as accurate as possible in the returns which they shall make to you, 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 as to such of the said particulars respecting which more accurate information may possibly be obtained after your departure from the Island by the Collector or other Officers of the Customs or by our Naval Officer; You are to give directions to the said Officers to prepare Accounts thereof attested by each of them according to the form of the said Schedule and to transmit the same to you to be laid before one of our Principal Secretaries of State for our Infor-

mation, and you are to give all due and legal support to the Officers of our Customs in the discharge of their duty, who are hereby required with all convenient speed at the end of the Fishing Season to transmit to the Lords Commissioners of our Treasury an Account of all articles imported into our 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 twenty eighth year of our reign Cap 6 Sect 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 accounts you are able of the Wages paid to the Seamen and 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 judgment 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 propper for us to pursue for attaining those important purposes, and you are upon all occasions to

send unto us through 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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