, 
goa] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1790. 
the difpatches; who, after having 
communicated to each other their 
refpective full powers, have agreed 
upon the following articles : 
Art. I. It is agreed that the 
buildings and tracts of land, fituated 
on the north-weit coait of the con- 
tinent of North America, or on 
iflands adjacent to that continent, 
of which the fubjects of his Britan- 
nic majefty were difpoffefled, about 
the month of April 1789, by a Spa- 
nifh officer, fhall be reftored to the 
faid Britith fubjects. 
Art. II. And further, that a jaft 
reparation fhall be made, according 
to the nature of the cafe, for all acts 
of violence or hoftility, which may 
have been committed fubfequent to 
the month of April 1789, by the 
fubjeéts of either of the contra@ing 
parties againft the fubjetts of the 
other; and that, in cafe any of the 
faid refpective fubjeéts fhail, fince 
the fame period, have been forcibly 
difpoffefled of their lands, buildings, 
vefiels, merchandife, and other pro- 
perty whatever, on the faid conti- 
nent, or‘cn the feas or iflands adja- 
cent, they fhall be re-eitablithed in 
the poffeffion thereof, or a juft com- 
penfation fhal! be made to! them for 
tie loffes which they have fuftained. 
Art. III. And in order to 
ftrengthen the bonds of friendfhip, 
and to preferve in future a perfect 
harmony and good underftanding 
between the two contracting parties, 
it is agreed, that their refpeCtive fub- 
jeéts fhall not be difturbed.or mo- 
lefted, cither in navigating or car- 
rying on their fifheries in the Pacific 
Ocean, or in the South Seas, or in 
landing on the coafts of thofe feas, 
in places not already occupied, for 
the purpofe of carrying on their 
commerce with the natives of the 
country, or of making fettlements 
there; the whole fabje@, neverthe- 
lefs, to the reftriQions and provi- 
fions fpecified in the three following 
articles : - 
Art. IV. His Britannic majefty 
engages to take the mof effectual 
mea{ures to prevent the navigation 
and fifhery of his fubjects in the Pa- 
cific Ocean, or in the South Seas, 
from being made a pretext for illicit 
trade with the Spanith fettlements; 
and, with this view, it 1s moreover 
exprefsly ftipulated, that Britith fub- 
jects fhall not navigate, or carry on 
their fifhery ifi the faid feas, within 
the {pace of ten fea leagites from any 
part of the coafts already occupied 
by Spain. 
Art. V. It is agreed, that as well 
in the places which are tobe reitored  — 
to the Britifh fubjeéts, by virtue of © 
the firft article, as in all other parts 
of the north-weftern coafts of North ~ 
America, or of the iflands adjacent, 
fituate to the north of the parts of — 
the faid coaft already, occupied by 
Spain, wherever the fubjects of ei- 
ther of the two powers fhail have 
made fettlements fince the month of | 
April 1789, or fhall hereafter male 
any, the fubjets of the other fhall 
have free accefs, and fhall carry on- 
their trade without any difturbance 
or moleftation. see 
Art. VI. It is further agreed, with 
refpeét to the ealterh and weftern 
coaits of South America, and to the 
iflands~adjacent, that no fettlement 
fhall be formed hereafter, by. the 
refpective fubjeéts, in fuch part of 
thofe coafls as are fituated to the @ 
fouth of thofe parts of the fame 
coaits; and of the iflands adjacent, @ 
which arealready occupied by Spain; 
provided that the ‘aid refpective tub - 
jeéts fhall retain the liberty of land- 
ing on the coafts and iflands fo fitu- — 
ated, for the purpefes of their fithery, 
and 
