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Article IV. His Britannic Majefty engages to take the moft 

 8 effedtual meafures to prevent the navigation and fiihery of his 

 J fubje<5ts in the Pacific Ocean, or in the South Seas, from be- 

 t ing made a pretext for ilhcii trade with the Soanifhfettlements; 

 ■ and, with this view, it is moreover exprefly ftipulated, that 

 I, Britifh fubjedts fhall not navigate, or carry on their fifhery ia 

 I the faid feas, within the fpace often fea leagues from any part 

 : of the coafts already occupied by Spain. 



Article V. It is agreed tha*', as well in the places which are 

 , to be reftored to the Britifh fubjedts, by virtue of the tint Ar- 

 ticle, as in all other parts of the north wellern coafts of North 

 America, or of the iflands adjacent, fituated to the north of the 

 parts of the. faid coaft already occupied by Spain, wherever the 

 fubjedts of cither of the two powers fliall have made fettle- 

 ments fince the month of April 17S9, or {h?M hereafter make 

 any, the fubjefts of the other fhall have free accefs, and fhall 

 carry on their trade, without any difturbance or moleftation. 



Article VI. It is farther agreed, with refpedl to the eaftern 

 and weftern coafts of South America, and to the iflands adjacent, 

 that no fettlement fhall be formed hereafter, by the refpedive 

 fubjedts, in fuch parts of thofe coafts as are fituated to the fouth 

 of thofe parts of the fame coafts, and of the iflands adjacent, 

 which are alreai'.y occuDied by Spain ; provided that the faid 

 refpedtive fnbjedls fliall retain the liberty of landing on tiie 

 coafts and iflands fo fituated, for the purpofes of fheir fifliery ; 

 and of eredling thereon hut?, and other temporary buildings, 

 ferving only for thofe purpofes. 



Article VII. In all cafes of complaint, or infradtion of the 

 Articles of the prefent Convention, the officers of either party, 

 without permitting themfelve'; previouny to commit any vio- 

 lence or adl of force, lliall be bound to make an exadt report of 

 the affair, and of its circumftances, to their refpedtive Courts, 

 who will terminate fuch differences in an amicable manner. 



Article VIII. The prefent Convention fhall be ratified and 

 confirmed in the fpace of fiK weeks ; to be computed from the 

 day of its fignature ; or fooner if it can be done." 



In witnefs whereof, we the underfigned Plenipotentiaries of 

 their Britannic and Catholic Majeftir^, have in their names, and 

 in virtue of our refpedtive full powers, figned the prefent Con- 

 vention, and fet thereto the feais of our arm=!. 



Done at the Palace of St Laurence, the 28th of Odto- 

 ber, 1790. 

 (L. S.) E! Conde de Florida Blonca^ 



(L. S.) Alleyne Fitzherl/ert. 



Mr Pitt alfo prefented an Account of the Expences incurred 

 ^.. the Navy during the late armament, and tliat of the Board 

 of Ordnance, as far as it could be made up. 



