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to the River Apalachicola or Chatahouchee ; and to the eastward by 

 the said river. 



Fourthly The Government of Grenada, comprehending the island 

 of that name, together with the Grenadines, and the Islands of Do- 

 minico, St. Vincent's and Tobago. 



And to the end that the open and free fishery of our subjects may 

 be extended to and carried on upon the coast of Labrador, and the 

 adjacent islands, we have thought fit, with the advice of our said 

 Privy Council, to put all that coast, from the River St John's to 

 Hudson's Straits, together with the Islands of Anticosti and Made- 

 laine, and all other smaller islands lying upon the said coast, under 

 the care and inspection of our governor of Newfoundland. 



We have also, with the advice of our Privy Council, thought fit 

 to annex the Islands of St John's and Cape Breton, or Isle Royale, 

 with the lesser islands adjacent thereto, to our Government of Nova 

 Scotia. 



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And whereas it is just and reasonable, and essential to our interest, 

 and the security of our colonies, that the several nations or tribes 

 of Indians with whom we are connected, and who live under our pro- 

 tection, should not be molested or disturbed in the possession of such 

 parts of our dominions and territories as, not having been ceded to 

 or purchased by us, are reserved to them, or any of them, as their 

 hunting grounds. We do therefore, with the advice of our Privy 

 Council, declare it to be our royal will and pleasure, that no gov- 

 ernor or commander in chief in any of our colonies of Quebec, East 

 Florida, or West Florida, do presume, upon any pretence whatever, 

 to grant warrants of survey, or pass any patents for lands beyond the 

 bounds of their respective Governments, as described in their com- 

 missions; as also that no governor or commander in chief in any of 

 our other colonies or plantations in America do presume for the 

 present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants 

 of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources 

 of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the 

 west and northwest, or upon any lands whatever, which, not having 

 been ceded to or purchased by us as aforesaid, are reserved to the 



said Indians, or any of them. 



534 And we do further declare it to be our royal will and pleas- 

 ure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under our sov- 

 ereignty, protection, and dominion, for the use of the said Indians, 

 all the lands and territories not included within the limits of our 

 said three new" Governments, or within the limits of the territory 

 granted to the Hudson's Bay Company, as also all the lands and 

 territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which 

 fall into the sea from the west and north west as aforesaid. 



And we do hereby strictly forbid, on pain of our displeasure, all 

 our loving subjects from making any purchases or settlements what- 

 ever, or taking possession of any of the lands above reserved, with- 

 out our especial leave and licence for that purpose first obtained. 



And, we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons what- 

 ever who have either wilfully or inadvertently seated themselves 

 upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any 

 other lands which, not having been ceded to or purchased by us, are 



