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TREATY PROVISIONS RELATING TO FISHERIES 



sent entre les 2 Nations Angloise 

 et Franchise, consent a renoncer 

 au droit de Peche, qui lui appar- 

 tient en vertu de 1' Article XIII 

 susmentionnee du Traite d'U- 

 trecht, depuis le Cap Bona vista 

 jusqirau Cap St. Jean, situe sur 

 la cote Orientale de Terreneuve, 

 par les 50 degres de latitude Sep- 

 tentrionale; et Sa Majeste le Roi 

 de la Grande Bretagne consent, 

 de son cote, que la Peche assignee 

 aux Sujets de Sa Majeste Tres 

 Chretienne, commengant au dit 

 Cap St. Jean, passant par le Nord, 

 et descendant par la cote Occi- 

 dentale de Pile de Terreneuve, 

 s'etende jusqu'a l'endroit appele 

 Cap Raye, situe au 47e degre, 50 

 minutes de latitude. Les Pe- 

 cheurs Frangois jouiront de la 

 Peche qui leur est assignee par 

 le present Article, comme ils ont 

 eu droit de jouir de celle qui 

 leur est assignee par le Traite 

 d'Utrecht. 



VI. A l'egard de la Peche dans 

 le Golphe de St. Laurent, les 

 Francois continueront a l'exercer 

 conformement a l'Article V du 

 Traite de Paris. 



between the 2 Nations of England 

 and France, consents to renounce 

 the rightof Fishing, which belongs 

 to him in virtue of the aforesaid 

 Article of the Treaty of Utrecht, 

 from Cape Bonavista to Cape St. 

 John, situated on the Eastern 

 coast of Newfoundland, in 50 de- 

 grees North latitude; and His 

 Majesty the King of Great Brit- 

 ain consents, on his part, that 

 the Fishery assigned to the Sub- 

 jects of His Most Christian Maj- 

 esty, beginning at the said Cape 

 St. John, passing to the North, 

 and descending by the Western 

 coast of the Island of Newfound- 

 land, shall extend to the place 

 called Cape Raye, situated in 47 

 degrees, 50 minutes latitude. The 

 French Fishermen shall enjoy the 

 Fishery w T hich is assigned to them 

 b}^ the present Article, as they 

 had the right to enjoy that which 

 was assigned to them by the 

 Treaty of Utrecht, 



VI. With regard to the Fishery 

 in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, the 

 French shall continue to exercise 

 it conformably to the Vth Article 

 of the Treaty of Paris. 



Annex 1. 



BRITISH DECLARATION OF SEPTEMBER 3, 1783. 



[Extrait] 



Le Roi etant entierement d'ac- 

 cord avec Sa Majeste Tres Chre- 

 tienne sur les Articles du Traite 

 Definitif, cherchera tons les moy- 

 ens qui pourront non seulement 

 en assurer l'execution, avec la 

 bonne foi et la ponctualite qui lui 

 sont connues, mais de plus don- 

 nera, de son cote, toute l'efficace 

 possible aux principes qui em- 

 pecheront jusqu'au moindre 

 germe de dispute a l'avenir. 



A cette fin, et pourque les Pe- 

 cheurs des 2 Nations ne fassent 



[Extract.] 



The King having entirely 

 agreed with His Most Christian 

 Majest}^ upon the Articles of the 

 Definitive Treaty, will seek every 

 means which shall not only ensure 

 the execution thereof, with his ac- 

 customed good faith and punctu- 

 ality, but will besides give, on his 

 part, all possible efficacy to the 

 principles which shall prevent 

 even the least, foundation of dis- 

 pute for the future. 



To this end, and in order that 

 the Fishermen of the 2 Nations 



