those places where such advantages happen,
stand in greater need than others along the
coast.
§ X I .
o f what ad van- Tradespeople, who may be in-
«ramed'to such c^ ned to settle in Iceland, may
tradespeople as so without hindrance or mo>
are most useful
to the country, lestation, not only in the trading
towns, but even in the country, it being
permitted, by the placard of the eighteenth
of August, 1786, in its 14th article, for
every one to carry on whatever lawful trade
he may think proper in the country, by the
best means in his power, mercantile business
only excepted, as expressed in § 2, of the
’ seeohd chapter of this ordinance. Such
tradesmen as are of the greatest utility
to the country may likewise expect to
have a royal assistance granted them for
their establishing themselves in some or
other of the trading towns in Iceland;
such as weavers, hat-makers, fellmongers,
ropemakers, blacksmiths and whitesmiths,
joiners, coopers, house and ship carpenters,
bricklayers, and stone-cutters. Such people
whether they are masters, or journeymen
who have perfectly learnt their trade, may
in consequence apply to our treasury, where
they will receive the necessary information
of what advantages may be granted them,
according to circumstances, and the several
local situations: but before that they come
forward with such requests, they must be
duly provided with attests from the magistracy
whom it may concern, and also with
the needful proofs of their capacity. Such,
and, according to circumstances, still greater
advantages will be granted to those, who
may establish larger manufactories, and those
that may prove more useful to the country
(some of which, such as ropemaking and
furriery, have already in former times been
followed with good success), and, more
especially, if occasion should thence arise
of using the raw products of the country
in a more beneficial manner, or if the
wants of the country might thereby be
the more easily supplied ; under which
head come fish, glue, and isinglass : the
making use of horse-hair for various pur»-
poses, to which it may be rendered serviceable;
different sorts of earth and clay