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APPENDIX

OF

TREATIES AND FORMS

APPLICABLE TO THE

FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES.

CHAP. I.

[There are no Forms applicable to this Chapter.]

CHAP. II.

The Treaties.

FRANCE. (1)

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13 Art. (2) THE island called Newfoundland, with the adjacent islands,
shall, from this time forward, belong of right wholly to
Britain; and to that end the town and fortress of Placentia, and whatever
other places in the said island are in the possession of the French, shall be
yielded and given up, within seven months from the exchange of the ratifica
tions of this treaty, or sooner if possible, by the Most Christian King, to
those who have a commission from the Queen of Great Britain for that
pose. Nor shall the Most Christian King, his heirs and successors, or any of
their subjects, at any time hereafter lay claim to any right to the said island
and islands, or to any part of it, or them. Moreover it shall not be lawful
for the subjects of France, to fortify any place in the said island of New-
foundland, or to erect any buildings there, besides stages made of boards,
and huts necessary and usual for drying of fish; or to resort to the said
island beyond the time necessary for fishing and drying of fish. But it shall
be allowed to the subjects of France, to catch fish, and to dry them on land
in that part only, and in no other besides that, of the said island of New-
foundland, which stretches from the place called Cape Bonavista, to the
northern point of the said island, and from thence running down by the
western side, reaches as far as the place called Point Riche. But the island
called Cape Breton, as also all others, both in the mouth of the river of St.

(1) As to treaties in general, see ante, 1 vol. 29-38. to 47.; construction of them, id. 44. 627.; and as to the treaties between Great Britain and France in particular, and

the decisions upon them, see ante, 1 vol.

616.

(2) Renewed by Article 5. of the Treaty of Paris, 1763.

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