If the herrings are cured with British salt, it will stand thus, viz.
Bounty, as beforeL.0 14 11¾
But if to this bounty, the duty on two bushels of Scotch salt,
at 1s. 6d. per bushel, supposed to be the quantity, at a
medium, used in curing each barrel, is added, viz. 0 3 0
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the bounty on each barrel will amount toL.0 17 11¾
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And when buss herrings are entered for home consumption in Scotland, and
pay the shilling a-barrel of duty, the bounty stands thus, to wit, as
beforeL.0 12 3
From which the 1s. a-barrel is to be deducted 0 1 0
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L.0 11 3¾
But to that there is to be added again, the duty of the
foreign salt used in curing a barrel of herrings, viz. 0 12 6
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So that the premium allowed for each barrel of herrings
entered for home consumption isL.1 3 9¾
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If the herrings are cured with British salt, it will stand as
follows, viz.
Bounty on each barrel brought in by the busses, as aboveL.0 12 3¾
From which deduct the 1s. a-barrel, paid at the time they are
entered for home consumption 0 1 0
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L.0 11 3¾
But if to the bounty, the duty on two bushels of Scotch salt,
at 1s. 6d. per bushel, supposed to be the quantity, at a
medium, used in curing each barrel, is added, viz. 0 3 0
—————
the premium for each barrel entered for home consumption will beL.0 14 3¾
Though the loss of duties upon herrings exported cannot, perhaps, properly
be considered as bounty, that upon herrings entered for home consumption
certainly may.
An Account of the Quantity of Foreign Salt imported into Scotland, and of Scotch Salt delivered
Duty-free from the Works there, for the Fishery, from the 5th of April 1771 to the 5th of
April 1782, with the Medium of both for one Year.
PERIOD.Foreign Salt imported.Scotch Salt deliveredfrom the Works.
Bushels Bushels
From the 5th of April 1771 to the 5th April 1782. 936,974 168,226
Medium for one year 85,1795⁄11 15,2933⁄11
It is to be observed, that the bushel of foreign salt weighs 48lb. that of British salt, 56lb.
only.