4 A. D. 1783. 



folds, huts, and nfhing vefTels ; that their fcaffolds fliould not be injured 

 during their ablencc in the winter ; and that the fixed fettlements made 

 by Britifh fubjeds fliould be removed from that part of the coaft allott- 

 ed to the French, who fliould not, however, be at liberty to pafs the 

 winter upon the ifland. Both kings agreed, that the mid channel be- 

 tween Newfoundland and the iflands of S\ Pierre and Miquelon fhould 

 be the boundary of the fi{hery of the two nations in that part ; and that 

 thofe two iflands fliould be ufed only as a fhelter for the French fifher- 

 raien. And the king of France engaged, that neither thofe iflands nor 

 the ditch of Chandernagore fhould ever give any caufe of umbrage to 

 the court of Great Britain. Both kings- finally exprefled their defire, 

 that the commercial arrangements, to be adjufled according to the new 

 flate of affairs, fliould be conduded in the fpirit of conciliation, and be 

 produdive of reciprocal accommodation and advantage, and that all the 

 commercial privileges, provided to the fubjeds of either by former 

 treaties, fhould be preferved, and augmented if pofTible. 

 By the treaty with Spain 



Articles 4, 5) Great Britain ceded to Spain the ifland of Minorca and 

 the province of Wefl Florida and alfo Eaft Florida, the Britifh inhabit- 

 ants being allowed eighteen months after the exchange of the ratifica- 

 tion of the treaty to fettle their affairs, and remove themfelves and their 

 effeds, free of any reftraint, unlefs on account of debts or criminal pro- 

 fecutions ; and, if that time fliould be found infufficient, the king of 

 Spain promifed to grant them a reafonable prolongation of it. 



6) The right of cutting and fhipping logwood, building houfes and 

 m.agazines (but no fortifications) together with a free fifhery in the ad- 

 jacent lea, was fecured to the fubjeds of Great Britain on that part of 

 the coaft of the Bay of Honduras comprehended between the River 

 Balize (or Wallis) on the fouth fide, and the Rio Nuevo and the Rio 

 Hondo on the north fide, the fovereignty of the country fbll remaining 

 to Spain. All the Britifli fettlers on every other part of the Spanifh 

 main, or the iflands dependent upon it, were ordered to repair to the 

 diflrid allotted for them within eighteen months after the exchange of 

 the ratifications, for which purpofe the Spanifh governors fiiould be or- 

 dered to affifl them with every poffible convenience for their removal 

 to the Bay of Honduras, or elfewhere. 



7) Spain reflored to Great Britain New Providence and the refl of 

 the Bahama iflands, the Spanifh fubjeds having the fame indulgence 

 with refped to fettling their affairs, which was flipulated for the Britifh 

 fubjeds in Minorca and Florida. 



The ninth article contains the fame words, which are in the eight- 

 eenth article of the treaty with France ; after which follow three other 

 articles for fixing the terms of reftitution , &c. and declarations were 



