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hereby, repealed: Provided, That from and after the date of the passage of this act,
vessels licensed to engage in the fisheries may take on board imported salt in bond
to be used in curing fish, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury
shall prescribe, and upon proof that said salt has been used in curing fish the duties
on the same shall be remitted.

[March 1, 1817.]
AN ACT concerning the navigation of the United States.

Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That after the thirtieth day of September next the
bounties and allowances now granted by law to the owners of boats or vessels engaged
in the fisheries shall be paid only on boats or vessels the officers and at least threefourths
 of the crews of which shall be proved. to the satisfaction of the collector of
the district where such boat or vessel shall belong, to be citizens of the United States
Or persons not the subjects of any foreign prince or state.

[June 28, 1864.1

AN ACT repealing certain provisions of law concerning seamen on board public and private vessels
of the TInited States.

. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America
in Congress assembled, That so much of an act entitled ‘An act for the regulation of
Seamen on board the public and private vessels of the United States,”” approved the
third of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, as makes it not lawful to
employ on hoard any of the public or private vessels of the United States any per-80m
 or persons except citizens of the United States or person[s] of color, natives of
the United States; and so much of the third, fifth, sixth, and seventh sections of
An act concerning the navigation of the United States,’” approved the first of March,
one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, as concerns the crews of vessels therein
named; and so much of the first section of an act entitled “An act to repeal the tonnage
 duties upon ships and vessels of the United States and upon certain foreign
vessels,”” approved the thirty-first of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty,
a8 makes discrimination in favor of vessels certain proportions of whose crews shall
be citizens of the United States, shall be, and the same are hereby, repealed: Provided,
 however, That officers of vessels of the United States shall in all cases be citizens
of the United States.

ArpenpDIX F.
JAPAN'S MERCHANT MARINE,

From the Nautical Gazette. March 8, 1904.)

Mr. K. Uchida, director of the marine bureau, Empire of Japan, prepared and
read a most interesting paper at the last meeting of the Japanese Society of Naval
Architects, which was held in Osaka. This paper was entitled ‘‘On shipbuildin
bounties, as applied in Japan and abroad,” and is a complete history of the vapid
rise of the nation among the maritime powers of the world. When she fought with
China, Japan had few merchant vessels and fewer war vessels. At the close of this
war the Government resolved to encourage not only shipbuilding, but the establishment
 of steamship lines to various parts of the world as well. To stimulate her
citizens and shipowners to activity in these lines liberal inducements were offered.
The Government passed an act in 1896, to remain in force eighteen years, which
especially encouraged not only the building of ships but of running them. The
following bounties were provided for: All vessels of over 700 tons to 1,000 tons, if
built in Japan, were to receive 12 yen (about $6) per ton, and those over 1,000 tons
were to receive 20 yen (about $10) per ton upon the vessel itself. For the machinery
a uniform rate of 5 yen per indicated horsepower (determined on trial) was to be
paid on all native-built steamers over 700 tons. Up to the end of 1903 31 steamers