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the Labrador coast*, which was, by act of 

 the British parhament in 1809, together with the^ 

 island of Auticosti at the mouth of the St. Law- 

 rence, finally annexed to the government of 

 Newfoundland; on the south by New Brunswick 

 and part of the territories of the United States, 

 viz. the district of Maine, the province of New 

 Hampshire, the state of Vermont, and the state 

 of New York ; and on the west by a line which 

 separates it from Upper Canada, as fixed by 

 the first mentioned act of parliament, and pro- 

 mulgated by proclamation in the province on 

 the 18th day of November 1791? as follows i 

 " To commence at a stone boundary on the 



north bank of the lake St. Francis, at the 

 " cove west of Pointe au Baudet, in the limit 

 " between the township of Lancaster and the 



seigniory of New Longeuil, ruiming along 

 " the said limit in the direction of north, 34 

 " degrees west, to the westernmost angle of the 

 " said seigniory of New Longeuil; then along 

 " the north-western boundary of the seigniory 

 " of Vaudreuil, running north, 35 degrees east, 



until it strikes the Ottawa river; to ascend 



* Under the French government this portion of the Labrador 

 coast was deemed within the province of Quebec ; in 1 764- it 

 was separated therefrom by act of parliament, and annexed to 

 the government of Newfoundland; it was afterwards re-incor- 

 porated with the province of Quebec, and in 1809 finally sub- 

 jected to the governor of Newfoundland. 



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