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which shall not only ensure the execution thereof, with his accus- 

 tomed good faith and punctuality, but will besides give, on his part, 

 all possible efficacy to the principles which shall prevent even the 

 least foundation of dispute for the future. 



To this end, and in order that the Fishermen of the 2 Nations may 

 not give cause for daily quarrels, His Britannic Majesty will take 

 the most positive measures for preventing his Subjects from inter- 

 rupting, in any manner, by their competition, the Fishery of the 

 French, during the temporary 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 removed. His Britannic Majesty will give orders that the Frencli 

 Fishermen be not incommoded in cutting the wood necessary for the 

 repair of their scaffolds, huts, and Fishing Vessels. 



The XHIth Article of the Treaty of Utrecht, and the method 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 wintering there; the Subjects of His 

 Biiuinnic Majesty, on their part, not molesting, in any manner, the 

 French Fishermen, during their fishing, nor injuring their scaffolds 

 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 that 

 these Possessions will not become an object of jealousy between the 2 

 Nations; and that the Fishery between the said Islands and that of 

 Newfoundland shall be limited to the middle of the Channel. 



FRENCH COUNTER-DECLARATION OF SEPTEMBER 3, 1783. 

 [Extract.] 



The principles which have guided the King, in the whole course 

 of the Negotiations which preceded the re-establishment of Peace, 

 must have convinced the King of Great Britain, that His Majesty 

 has had no other design than to render it solid and lasting, by pre- 

 venting, as much as possible, in the 4 quarters of the World, every 

 subject of discussion and quarrel. The King of Great Britain un- 

 doubtedly places too much confidence in the uprightness of His 

 Majesty's intentions not to rely upon his constant attention to pre- 

 vent the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon from becoming an object 

 of jealousy between the 2 nations. 



As to the Fishery on the coasts of Newfoundland, which has been 

 the object of the new arrangements settled by the 2 Sovereigns upon 

 this matter, it is sufficiently ascertained by the Vth Article of the 

 Treaty of Peace signed this day, and by the Declaration likewise 

 delivered to-day, by His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador Extraor- 

 dinary and Plenipotentiary; and His Majesty declares that he is 

 fully satisfied on this head. 



U. S. Case Appendix, p. 54. 



