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2s of the operation of the treaties, was entirely unfore- 
Raho. treaties were made—a relation which now has a 
ing upon the commercial interests of the colony of 
and. This will also be dealt with hereafter. 
A CLEAR AND CONCISE STATEMENT. 
_A very clear and concise statement of the whole subject of 
ach treaty “rights,” “claims,” and “ disputes” in Newfound- 
given in a report of the Council of the Royal Colonial 
ute made in the year 1875. In the following state- 
t we have availed largely of the work of the Council, as 
uined in this report, in condensing and arranging the salient 
and arguments bearing upon the whole subject, so far as 
y are material and adapted to our present purpose. 
[he treaties between England and France now in force, under 
ch the French have rights and set up claims in Newfoundland, 
now be stated to be— 
A. Treaty of Utrecht Ae Poe ore tke 
a Paris... pee ove soe: 1763 
; os Versailles tbe ie. 1483 
4, Definitive Treaty of re Art. XII. 1814 
5. Treaty of Paris ... .. feats) ede eee 
e parts of these treaties which relate to Newfoundland are 
in full in Appendix A. They may, however, briefly be 
_to be to the following effect :— 
The sovereignty of the island of Newfoundland is declared 
Great Britain (Treaty of Utrecht, Art. XIII., renewed by 
. V. of Treaty of Paris, 1763). 
The French are to be allowed to catch fish and to dry them 
|; od on those parts of the coast within certain limits, now 
fined to be Cape Ray to Cape St. John. (The rights conferred 
on the French by the Treaty of Utrecht were confirmed by the 
eaty of Versailles, the coast limits only being altered, and 
t ler the Treaty of Peace, 1814, the war between England and 
ance having suspended the operation of the previous treaties, 
neh right of fishing, &c., was “ replaced upon the footing 
ch it stood in 1792.”) . 
3. The French are not to erect any buildings upon the coast 
n the prescribed limits besides stages made of boards and 
