Bounty be paid out of any moneys arising from the Revenue under the management of the Commissioners of the Customs in England.

The said Resolutions being severally read a second time, were, upon the question severally put thereupon, agreed to by the House.

Ordered, That a Bill, or Bills, be brought in upon the said Resolutions, and that the Lord North, Mr. Jenkinson, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Thomas Townshend, the Lord Clare, Lord George Germaine, Mr. Conolly, Mr. Cooper, and General Irwin, do prepare and bring in the same.

THURSDAY, May 4, 1775.

Mr. Jenkinson presented to the House, according to order, a Bill for the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe, and for securing the return of the Fishermen, Sailors, and others, employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports thereof, at the end of the fishing season; and the same was received and read the first time.

Resolved, That the Bill be read a second time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday morning next.

TUESDAY, May 9, 1775.

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the second reading of the Bill, be now read.;

And the said Order being read accordingly;

The said Bill was read a second time.

Resolved, That the Bill be committed.

Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday morning next, resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House, upon the said Bill.

THURSDAY, May 11, 1775.

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House upon the Bill, be now read.

And the said Order being read accordingly;

Ordered, That it be an instruction to the said Committee, that they have power to extend certain provisions of the said Bill, to the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.

Then the House resolved itself into the said Committee.

Mr. Speaker left the Chair.

Sir Charles Whitworth took the Chair of the Committee.

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair.

Sir Charles Whitworth reported from the Committee, that they had gone through the Bill, and made several amendments thereunto, which they had directed him to report, Mien the House will please to receive the same.

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday morning next.

MONDAY, May 15, 1775.

Sir Charles Whitworth, according to Order, reported from the Committee of the Whole House, to whom the Bill was committed, the amendments that the Committee had made to the Bill; which, upon the question severally put thereupon, were agreed to by the House.

A clause was offered to be added to the Bill, That any Ship, clearing out with Goods from Newfoundland, shall be liable to the same limitations and restrictions as if this Act had not been made.

And the said clause was twice read; and, upon the question put thereupon, agreed to by the House to be made part of the Bill.

Ordered, That the Bill, with the amendments, be engrossed.

WEDNESDAY, May 17, 1775.

The Bill was read the third time.

Resolved, That the Bill do Pass; and that the Title be, An Act for the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe; and for securing the return of the Fishermen, Sailors, and others, employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports thereof, at the end of the fishing season.

Ordered, That Mr. Jenkinson do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

THURSDAY, May 18, 1775.

A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Jenkinson, and others;

With a Bill, entituled "An Act for the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe; and for securing the return of the Fishermen, Sailors, and others, employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports thereof, at the end of the fishing season; to which they desire the concurrence of this House."

FRIDAY, May 19, 1775.

The Bill, entituled "An Act for the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions in Europe; and for securing the return of the Fishermen, Sailors, and others, employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports thereof, at the end of the fishing season;" was read the second time.

Ordered, That the said Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Ordered, That the House be put into a Committee upon the said Bill on Monday next.

MONDAY, May 22, 1775.

The House, according to order, was adjourned during pleasure, and put into a Committee upon the Bill, entituled "An Act for the Encouragement of the Fisheries carried on from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Dominions in Europe; and for securing the return of the Fishermen, Sailors, and others, employed in the said Fisheries, to the Ports thereof, at the end of the fishing season."

After some time the House was resumed:

And the Lord Scarsdale reported from the Committee, "That they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the same to the House without any amendment."

The Bill was read the third time.

The question was then put, Whether this Bill shall Pass?

It was resolved in the Affirmative.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

WEDNESDAY, May 3, 1775.

Ordered, That the Order of the Day, for the House to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole House, to consider further of Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to his Majesty, be now read.

And the said Order being read accordingly;

The House resolved itself into the said Committee.

Lord North moved the following Resolutions:

1. "That persons who, on the 24th of April last, were possessed of Three per centum Annuities, shall be at liberty to accept eighty-eight Pounds for every one hundred Pounds towards the redemption of £1,000,000 of the said Funds or Stocks; one moiety to be paid on or before the 15th of July, and the other on or before the 20th of October next, with interest to the 5th of July 1775; and for every one hundred Pounds of such subscription, shall receive six tickets in a Lottery to consist of 60,000 tickets, at twelve Pounds ten Shillings each; and the capital Stock of such subscription shall be annihilated. That books shall be opened at the Bank, the 8th of May, from nine in the morning till six in the afternoon, for the purpose of receiving said subscription. No person to subscribe more than £20,000 nor less than £100; and after the whole is summed up, the same to be rateably divided among the subscribers, in proportion to the quantity of Stock subscribed, over and above the said £1,000,000 of Annuities to be so annihilated.