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That no " buildings or tracts of land," on those coasts or islands, 

 were " to be restored to British subjects," agreeably to the first and 

 second articles of the convention of October, 1790 : And, as a 

 further consequence, — 



That the abandonment of Nootka Sound by the Spaniards in 

 1795, under whatsoever circumstances it may have been effected, 

 gave to Great Britain no other rights at that place, than those which 

 she enjoyed in common with Spain, in every other part of the coasts 

 and islands north of Port San Francisco, by virtue of the third and 

 fifth articles of the same convention. 



