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Counter Declaration of His Most Christian Majesty. 
‘The principles which have guided the King in the whole course 
f the negotiations which preceded the re-establishment of peace, must 
I ave convinced the King of Great Britain that his Majesty has had 
no other design than to render it solid and lasting by preventing, as 
much as possible, in the four quarters of the world, ay subject of 
discussion and quarrel. 
The King of Great Britain undoubtedly places too much confi- 
dence in the uprightness of his Majesty’s intentions not to rely upon 
his constant attention to prevent the islands of St. Pierre and Mique- 
lon from becoming an object of jealousy between the two nations. 
_ As to the fishery on the coasts of Newfoundland, which has been 
' the object of the new arrangements settled by the two sovereigns, 
" upon this matter it is sufficiently ascertained by the 5th article of the 
' Treaty of Peace signed this day, and by the declaration likewise de- 
 livered to-day by his Britannic Majesty’s Ambassador Extraordinary 
" and Plenipotentiary ; and his Majesty declares that he is fully satis- 
fied on this head. 
_ In regard to the fishery between the island of Newfoundland 
"and those of St. Pierre and Miquelon, it is not to be carried on by 
either party but to the middle of the channel; and his Majesty will 
“give the most positive orders that the French fishermen shall not go 
beyond this line. His Majesty is firmly persuaded that the King of | 
Great Britain will give like orders to the English fishermen. 
Given at Versailles, the 3rd of Sept., 1783. 
G. 8.) GRAVIER DE VERGENNES. 
Treaty of Paris—1814. 
Article 8. His Britannic Majesty, stipulating for himself and his 
allies, engages to restore to his most Christian Majesty, within the 
term which shall be hereafter fixed, the colonies, fisheries, factories, and 
__ establishments of every kind which were possessed by France on the 
Ist January, 1792, in the seas and on the continents of America, Africa, 
and Asia, with the exception, however, of the islands of Tobago and St. 
_ Lucie, and the Isle of France and its dependencies, especially Rodrigues 
7 | and Les Schelles, which several colonies and possessions his most 
Christian Majesty cedes in full right and sovereignty to his Britannic 
- Majesty, and also the portion of St. Domingo ceded to France by the 
‘Treaty of Basle, and which his most Christian Majesty restores in full 
right and sovereignty to his Catholic Majesty. 
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