# Greenland Trade Act 1692, Section XXII: Ships to Greenland may be navigated with One Third English;


and yet not to pay any further Custom.
And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid That it shall and may be lawfull for the said Company hereby established and for all and every the Ships and Vessells belonging to or employed by the said Company and truely belonging to England Wales or the Towne of Berwick upon Tweed and whereof the Masters shall be Englishmen and inhabiting within the Places aforesaid and for no other Ship or Vessell whatsoever from and after the First day of May in the yeare of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety three and until the First of October which shall be in the yeare of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and seven employed for the catching of Whales in the Greenland Seas and other the Seas and Places aforesaid dureing such their Voyages to be navigated with one third of the Mariners English att the least and yet to pay no further or other Custom for the Oyle Blubber or Fins caught and imported in such Ships or Vessels then if such Ships or Vessels had been navigated with three fourths of the Mariners English Any Law Statute or Usage to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/WillandMar/4/17/section/XXII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenland-trade-act-1692/section-XXII
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