190 IXTEUXATIOXAf, TREATIES. 



and to that end the town and fortress of Placentia, and whatever 

 other places in the said island are in the possession of the French,- 

 shall be yielded and given up ■within seven months from the 

 ratifications of this treaty, or sooner if possible, by tlie Most 

 Christian King, his heirs and snccessors, to those who have a 

 commission from the Queen of Great Britain for that purpose. 

 Xor shall the Most Christian King, his heirs or s;;ccessors, or jiny 

 o'f their subjects, at any time hereafter lay claim to any right to- 

 the said island and islands, or any part of it or tliem. Moreover 

 it shall not be lawfid for tlic subjects of France to fortify any 

 place in the said Island of Newfoundland, or to erect any build- 

 ings there besides stages made of boards and huts necessary and 

 usual for drying of fish, or to resort to the said island beyond the 

 time necessary for fishing and drying of fish. But it shall be 

 allowed to the subjects of France to catch fish and to dry thenr 

 on land, on that ^Jai't only wliich stretches from tlie ])lace called 

 Cape Bonavista to the nortliern point of the said island, and 

 thence running down by her western side, reaches as far as the- 

 place called Pointe Riche. But the island called Cape Breton, 

 as also others both in the mouth of the River St. Lawrence, and 

 in the Gulf of the same nanu-, shall hereafter belong of right to 

 the French, and the Most Christian King shall have all manner 

 of liberty to fortify any place or places there."' 



nSHEKV TREATIES BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND 

 THE UNITED STATES. 



The treaties between Great Britain and tlu' United States,- 

 bearing on the fisheries in British-American waters — Newfound- 

 land included — have been the subject of lengthened disputes and 

 A-ohrminous diplomatic correspondence, and the difference in 

 opinion regarding their projjer construction has given rise to- 

 mucli irritation and international jealousy. The treaty of 1783, 

 Avhich recognized American Independence, in its third article 

 conferred upon the people of the United States the right to take 

 fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and all the other Banks of 

 Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and on such 

 jiartof the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use ;■ 



