(FISHERIES) An Act Giving Licence for Transporting Fish in F

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(FISHERIES.) An Act Giving Licence for Transporting Fish in Foreign Bottoms. 3 pages, 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, on one sheet; disbound, inked page number, very faint dampstaining. London, 1657

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Sets custom duties on five varieties of fish, plus 14 varieties of herring. The act also forbids "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."