Remarks on an act of Parliament : passed in the 15th year of His Majesty's reign, on the Credit Of Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser's Information, intituled, "an act for the encouragement of the fisheries "carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, " &c. to Newfoundland, &c. For the Repeal or Amendment of which, A Petition from the Merchants concerned has this Session been presented to the House of Commons. To which is annexed an authentic and complete state of the fishery in 1771. Shewing at One View The Number of Ships, Vessels, Boats, and Men, employed; the Quantity of Fish caught, and Oil made that Year, at each of the different Ports, Harbours, and Bays, in Newfoundland, and the Isles adjacent. By William Augustus Miles.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miles, William Augustus, 1753?-1817.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisheries--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Fisheries.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 1 unnumbered page,15 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for H. Payne, opposite Marlborough-House, Pall-Mall, [1779]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

A double sheet table 'A general scheme of the fishery and inhabitants of Newfoundland, for the year 1771' numbered xiii on the recto is inserted after c2.

Price from imprint: price Two Shillings.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Adams, 79-78

English Short Title Catalog, T104109.

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