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At the peace in 17S3, the whole subject of the French rights of fish- 

 inij was examined and arranged. As will be seen, several important 

 changes were made, and explanations exchanged, by ihc two conlract- 

 iag jiowcrs. It may be observed, further, that the luv) fisliing-grounds 

 accjnired were thought less valuable than those which she rehnquished, 

 though the privileges obtained by France, considered together, were 

 nnich greater than those provided in the treaty of 17G3. The articles 

 which relate to the subject in the treaty, and in the "declaration" and 

 "counter declnration," or separate articles, are as follows: 



"Art. 2. His Majesty the King of Great Britain shall preserve 

 in lull right the island of Newlbundland and the adjacent islands, in 

 the same mcmner as the whole was ceded to him by the 13th article of 

 the treaty of Utrecht, save the exceptions stipulated b}^ the 5th article 

 of the present treaty. 



"Akt. 3. His Most Christian Majesty, [of France,] in order to 

 prevent quarrels, which have hitherto arisen jjctween the two nations 

 of England and France, renounces the right of fishing, which belongs 

 to him by virtue of the said article of the treaty of Utrecht, from Caj^ 

 Bonavista to Cape St. John, [Point Riche,] situated on the eastern 

 coast of"x\ewt()undland, in about fifty degrees of north latitude ; whereby 

 the Fren(;h fishery shall commence at the said Cape St. John, [Point 

 Riche,] shall go round by the north, and, going down to the western 

 coast of the island of Newfoundland, shall have for boundary the place 

 CiiUed Cape Ray, situated in forty-seven degrees fifty minutes latitude. 



"Art. 4. The French fishermen shall enjoy the fishery assigned 

 tlu^m by the foregoing article, as they have a right to enjoy it by virtue 

 of the treaty of Utrecht. 



" Art. 5. His Britannic Majesty will cede, in full right, to his Most 

 Christian Majesty the islands of St Pierre and Miquelon. 



" Art. G. With regard to the right of fishing in the Gulf of St. Law- 

 rence, the French shall continue to enjoy it contormal)ly to the otb 

 article of the treaty of Paris," [1763.] 



In the "declaration" on the part of Great Britain, it is said that — 



"In order that the fishermen of the two nations may not give cause 

 for daily quarrels, his Britannic Majesty will take the most positive 

 measures for preventing his subjects from interrupting, in any manncT, 

 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 Newffjundland ; and he will, for this purpose, cause the; lixcxl settle- 

 ments which shall be formed there to be removed. 



"His Britannic Majesty will give orders that the French fishermen 

 be nf)t incotnruoded in cutting th(> wood necessary for the repair of their 

 scatibjds, hilts, and fishing-vessels. The 13th article of the treaty of 

 Utrecht, and the method of carrying on the fishery which has at ail 

 times been acknowledged, shall be the plan upon which the fisheiy shall 

 be carried on there. It shall noi he deviated from by either party — the 

 French fishermen building only their scall()l(ls, confining themselves lo 

 th(* rej);! r of their fisliing-v(\ssels, and not wintering there; tlw^ sul)j(H-t3 

 of his I litanu'e Majesty, on their part, not niolesliiig, in any manner, 

 the Fren h lis ermcn during their fishing, nor injuring their scallolds 

 during their absence. The Kingof (Jreat Britain, in ceding the islands 



