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His Majesty's royal charter, granted on the eleventh day of October 1750, in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of King George the Second, for incorporating the Society of the Free British Fishery : with power to make by-laws, &c. for the improvement of the British white herring fisheries, and better regulation of the trade thereof, and for preventing frauds and impositions in the management of the same.

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Corporate Authors:	Society of the Free British Fishery, Great Britain. Sovereign (1727-1760 : George II)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : [publisher not identified], 1751.
Series:	Making of the modern world (Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature)
Subjects:	Society of the Free British Fishery > Charters. Pacific herring fisheries > Great Britain. Fisheries > Great Britain. Electronic books. Atlantic herring fisheries > Great Britain.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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