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EXTRACTS FROM TREATIES BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN 
AND FRANCE, RELATING TO THE FISHERIES. 
Treaty of Utrecht—1713. 
Article 13, The island called Newfoundland, with the adjacent 
islands, shall from this time forward belong of right wholly to Great — 
Britain; 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 
exchange of the ratification of this treaty, or sooner, if possible, by the — 
most Christian King, to those who have a Commission from the Queen. 
of Great Britain for that purpose. Nor shall the most Christian King, 
his heirs and successors, or any of their subjects, at any time hereafter, 
lay claim to any right to the said island or islands, or to any part of it 
or them. Moreover, it shall not be lawful for the subjects of France 
to fortify any place in the said island of Newfoundland, or to erect any 
buildings 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 them on land, in that part 
only, and in no other besides that, of the said island of Newfoundland 
which stretches from the place called Cape Bonavista to the northern 
point of the said island, and from thence, running down by the western 
side, reaches as far as the place called Point Riche. But the island 
called Cape Breton, as also all others, both in the mouth of the River St. 
Lawrence and in the gulph of the same name, 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. 
Treaty of Paris—1763, 
Article 5, The subjects of France shall have the liberty of fishing 
and drying on a part of the coasts of the island of Newfoundland, such | 
as it is specified in the 13th article of the Treaty of Utrecht, which 
article is renewed and confirmed by the present treaty (except what — 
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