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traordinary of His Majesty the King of the French at the Court of 

 London, on the other part, having examined the annexed Regulations 

 for the guidance of the Fishermen of Great Britain and of France in 

 the seas lying between the coasts of the two countries; which Regu- 

 lations have been prepared, in pursuance of the provisions of the 

 eleventh Article of the Convention concluded at Paris on the 2d. of 

 August 1839, between Her Britannic Majesty and His Majesty the 

 King of the French, by the two Commissioners duly authorised to that 

 effect by their said Majesties; have, in the name and on the behalf 

 of Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, and of His Majesty the King of the French, and by 

 virtue of their respective full powers, approved and confirmed, and 

 do by these presents approve and confirm, the said Regulations: 

 reserving to their respective Governments, conformably to the terms 

 of the abovementioned Article, to propose, if necessary, to the Legis- 

 latures of both countries, the measures which may be required for 

 carrying the said Regulations into execution. 



In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the present Decla- 

 ration, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. 



Done at London, the twenty third day of June, in the year of Our 

 Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty three. 



(L. s.) ABERDEEN. 



(L. s.) STE. AULAIRE. 



No. 20. 1846, June 15: Treaty 'between Her Britannic Majesty and 

 the United States for Settlement of the Oregon Boundary. Signed 

 at Washington, June 15, 1846. [Ratifications exchanged at Lon- 

 don, July 17, 1846.'] 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 



and Ireland, and The United States of America, deeming it to be 



desirable for the future welfare of both countries, that the state of 



doubt and uncertainty which has hitherto prevailed respecting 



33 the Sovereignty and Government of the Territory on the 



North west Coast of America, lying westward of the Rocky 



or Stony Mountains, should be finally terminated by an amicable 



compromise of the rights mutually asserted by the two Parties over 



the said Territory, have respectively named Plenipotentiaries to treat 



and agree concerning the terms of such settlement, that is to say; 



Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, has, on Her part, appointed the Right Honourable Rich- 

 ard Pakenham, a Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy 

 Council, and Her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary to the United States; and the President of the 

 United States of America, has, on his part, furnished with full 

 pow r ers, James Buchanan, Secretary of State of the United States; 

 who after having communicated to each other their respective full 

 powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and con- 

 cluded the following Articles. 



ARTICLE I. 



From the point on the forty ninth parallel of north latitude, where 

 the boundary laid down in existing Treaties and Conventions be- 



