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point naitre des querelles journa- 

 lieres, Sa Majeste Britannique 

 prendra les mesures les plus posi- 

 tives pour prevenir que ses Sujets 

 ne trou blent, en aucune maniere. 

 par leur concurrence, la Peche 

 des Frangois, pendant l'exercice 

 temporaire qui leur est accorde, 

 sur les cotes de l'lle de Terre- 

 neuve; et elle fera retirer, a cet 

 effet, les etablissemens sedentaires 

 qui y seront formes. Sa Majeste 

 Britannique donnera des ordres 

 pour que les Pecheurs Francois ne 

 soient pas genes dans la coupe de 

 bois necessaire pour la reparation 

 de leur- echaffaudages, cabanes, 

 et Batimens de Peche. 



L 1 A Hide XIII du Traite 

 d'Utrecht, et la methode de faire 

 la Peche qui a ete de tout terns 

 reconnue, sera le modele sur lequel 

 la Peche s'y fera. On n'y con- 

 treviendra pas, ni d'une part ni 

 de l'autre; les Pecheurs Francois 

 ne batissant rien que leurs echaf- 

 faudages, se born ant a reparer 

 leurs Batimens de Peche, et n'y 

 hivernani point ; les Sujets de Sa 

 Majeste Britannique, deleur part, 

 ne molestant aucunement les Pe- 

 cheurs Francois durant leurs 

 Peches, ni ne derangeant leurs 

 echaffaudages duranl leur absence. 



Le Roi de la ( rrande Bretagne, 

 <'ii cedanl les [les de St. Pierre el 

 de Miquelon a la France, les re 

 garde comme cedees a fin de servir 

 reellement d'abri aux Pecheurs 

 Francois, ei dan la confiance en 

 Here que ces Pos e ion ne de 

 viendront poinl un objel de jalou 

 sic nit ii- les 2 Nation- : et que la 

 Peche entre le dite I les, el celle 

 de Terreneuve, -era. bornee a Mj 

 canal. 



may not give cause for daily 

 quarrels, His Britannic Majesty 

 will take the most positive meas- 

 ures for preventing his Subjects 

 from interrupting, in any manner, 

 by their competition, the Fishery 

 of the French, during the tempo- 

 rary exercise of it which is 

 granted to them, upon the coasts 

 of the Island of Newfoundland; 

 and he will, for this purpose, 

 cause the fixed settlements which 

 shall be formed there, to be re- 

 moved. His 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. 



The Xlllth Article of the 

 Treaty of Utrecht, and the meth- 

 od 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 winter- 

 ing there; the Subjects of His 

 Britannic Majesty, on their part, 

 not molesting, in any manner, the 

 French Fishermen, during their 

 fishing, nor injuring their scaf- 

 folds 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 

 confidence thai these Possessions 

 will not become an object of jeal- 



"ii y bet ween the 2 Nations; and 



i hat t In- Fishery be! ween the said 

 islands and that of Newfound- 

 land shall be limited to (he mid- 

 dle of (he ( 'liannel. 



