BE it Enacted by His Highness the Lord Protector, and this present Parliament, That it shall, and may be lawful for any person or persons whatsoever, to Buy, and Transport out of Eng­land, Scotland, and Ireland, to any Part or Place beyond the Seas, these following sorts of Fish [Page 2] in Forreign Ships or Bottoms, or in the Ships or Bottoms of this Common-wealth, manned with any person or persons whatsoe­ver, any Act, Order, or Ordinance to the con­trary notwithstanding; And that the Custome to be paid for the same by the Natives of this Common-wealth, be as followeth. viz. For every hundred of Newland Fish, containing six score, three pence. For every Hundred of Hake, containing six score, six pence. For every hun­dred of Conger Dulce, six pence. For every Tun of Pilchards, one pound five shillings. For every Barrel of winter Herrings, white, full, and Packed, eight pence. For every Last of win­ter Herrings, white, full, and Packed, contain­ing twelve Barrels, eight shillings. For every Last of winter Herrings, white, full, and un­packed, or Seasticks, containing eighteen Bar­rels, eight shillings. For every Barrel of win­ter Herrings, white, shotten, and Packed, four pence. For every Last of winter Herrings, white, shotten, and Packed, containing twelve Bar­rels, four shillings. For every Last of win­ter Herrings, white, shotten, and unpacked, or Seasticks, containing eighteen Barrels, four shillings. For every Cade of winter Herrings, red, and full, containing five hundred, four pence. For every Last of winter Herrings, red, and full, containing twenty Cades, or ten thou­sand, six shillings. For every Cade of winter Her­rings, red, and shotten, containing five hundred, two pence. For every Last of winter Herrings, red, and shotten, containing twenty Cades, or ten thousand, three shillings. For every Bar­rel of summer Herrings, shotten, white, and Packed, four pence. For every Last of sum­mer [Page 3] Herrings, containing twelve Barrels, shot­ten, white, and Packed, four shillings. For every Last of summer Herrings, shotten, white, and unpacked, or Seasticks, containing eighteen Barrels, four shillings. For every Cade of summer Herrings, red, containing five hundred, two pence. For every Last of summer Herrings, red, and shotten, containing twenty Cades, or ten thousand, three shillings. For every Bar­rel of Salmon, one shilling and six pence. And all and every Stranger, or Alien, to pay for eve­ry sort and kinde of Fish afore mentioned, dou­ble the aforesaid Rates and Proportions respe­ctively.

Provided alwaies, and it is further Enacted, That it shall, and may be lawfull for any per­son or persons whatsoever, to Buy and Trans­port out of Newfound-land, or New-England, or any of the Ports thereof, any sorts of Fish whatsoever, without paying any Custom, or o­ther duty for the same.

And it is further Ordained by the Authority aforesaid, That this Act is to continue untill the five and twentieth of December, which shall be in the year of our Lord, One thousand six hundred fifty nine, and no longer.