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Article 6. With regard to the fishery in the gulph of St. Lawrence, 
the French shall continue to exercise it, conformably to the 5th imi 
of the Treaty of Paris. 
Declaration of His Britannic Majesty. 4 
The King, having entirely agreed with his most Christian Majesty. ; 
upon the articles of the definite treaty, will seek every means which 
shall not only insure the execution thereof, with his accustomed good — 
faith and punctuality, and will besides give, on his part, all possible 
efficacy to the principles which shall prevent even the least foundation — 
of dispute for the future. 
To this end, and in order that the fishermen of the two nations 
may not give cause for daily quarrels, his Britannie Majesty will take 
the most positive measures for preventing his subjects from ssa 
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in any manner, by their competition, the fishery of the French, during 
the temporary exercise of it which is granted to them upon the coasts | 
of the islands of Newfoundland; but he will, for this purpose, cause | 
the fixed settlements which shall be formed there to be removed. His j 
Britannic Majesty will give orders that the French fishermen be not 
incommoded in cutting the wood necessary for the repair of their 
scaffolds, huts, and fishing vessels. 4 
The 18th article of the Treaty of Utrecht, and the method 
of carrying on the fishery, which has at all times been acknowledged, _ 
shall be the plan upon which the fishery shall be carried on there. It— / 
shall not be deviated from by either party, the French fishermen 
building only their scaffolds, confining themselves to the repair of | { 
their fishing vessels, and not wintering there ; the subjects of his | 
Britannic Majesty, on their part, not molesting in any manner the 
French fishermen during their fishing, nor injuring their scaffolds _ 
during their absence. | 
The King of Great Britain, in ceding the islands of St. Pierre | | 
and Miquelon to France, regards them as ceded for the purpose of | 
serving as a real shelter to the French fishermen, and in full confi-— 
dence that these possessions will not become an object of jealousy be-— 
tween the two nations, and that the fishery between the said islands — 
and that of Newfoundland shall be limited to the middle of the 
channel. 
Given at Versailles, the 3rd Sept., 1783. 
(1. 8.) MANCHESTER, 
