BETWEEN GEEAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE. 53 



tance de 3 lieues de toutes les do not exercise the said Fishery. 



cotes appartenantes a la Grande but at the distance of 3 leagues 



Bretagne, soit celles du Continent, from all the coasts belonging to 



soit celles des lies situees dans le Great Britain, as well those of 



dit Golphe St. Laurent: et pour the Continent, as those of the 



ce qui concerne la Peche sur les Islands situated in the said Gnlph 



cotes de File du Cap Breton hors St. Lawrence. And as to what 



du dit Golphe, il ne sera pas per- relates to the Fishery on the 



mis aux Sujets du Roi Tres Chre- coasts of the Island of Cape Bre- 



tien d'exercer la dite Peche qu'a ton out of the said Gulph, the 



la distance de 15 lieues des cotes Subjects of the Most Christian 



de File du Cap Breton; et la King shall not be permitted to 



Peche sur les cotes de la Nouvelle exercise the said Fishery, but at 



Ecosse ou Acadie, et par tout the distance of 15 leagues from 



ailleurs hors du dit Golphe, res- the coasts of the Island of Cape 



tera sur le pied des Traites ante- Breton; and the Fishery on the 



rieurs. coasts of Nova Scotia or Acadia, 



and everywhere else out of the 

 said Gulph, shall remain on the 

 foot of former Treaties. 



VI. Le Roi de la Grande Bre- VI. The King of Great Britain 



tagne cede les lies de St. Pierre cedes the Islands of St. Pierre 



et de Miquelon, en toute pro- and Miquelon, in full right, to 



priete, a Sa Majeste Tres Chre- His Most Christian Majesty, to 



tienne, pour servir d'abri aux serve as a shelter to the French 



Pecheurs Francois: et Sa dite Fishermen: and His said Most 



Majeste Tres Chretienne s'oblige Christian Majesty engages not to 



a ne point fortifier les dites lies, fortify the said Islands; to erect 



a n'y etablir que des Batimens no buildings upon them, but 



civils pour la commodite de la merely for the convenience of the 



Peche, el a n'y entretenir qu'une Fishery; and to keep upon them 



Garde de 50 Homines pour la a Guard of 50 Men only for the 



Police. Police. 



TREATY OF SEPTEMBER 3. 1783. 



[Ext rail] | Ertract. — Translation] 



IV. Sa Majeste" le Roi de la IV. His Majesty the King of 

 Grande Bretagne est maintenu Great Britain is maintained in his 

 dans la propriety de l'He de Terre- righl to the [sland of Newfound- 

 ueuve, et des lies adjacentes, land, and i<> the adjacenl Island-;. 

 ainsi que le tout lui a era assure as the whole were assured to him 

 par ^Article XIII du Traite* by the XHIth Article of the 

 alJtrecht, ;i I'exception des Qes Treaty of Utrecht; excepting the 

 de St. Pierre et M iquelon, les- Islands of St. Pierre and Mique 

 quelles 3ont oeclees en tout pro- Ion, which are ceded in fullright, 

 prieir. par le present Traite, a by the present Treaty, to Hi 

 Sa Majesty Tres Chretienne. Mosl Christian Majesty. 



V. Sa Majesty le Uoi Ti V. His Majesty the Most Chri 



Chretien, pour pn'venir les que- tian K ing. in order to prevenl the 



relies qui out en lieu jusqu'a pr6- quarrels which have hitnerto arisen 



