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 | | The Thirteenth Article of the Treaty of Utrecht, and the method of carrying on the fishery which has at all times been acknowledged, shall be the plan upon which the fishery shall be carried on there; it shall not be deviated from by either party.... |
 | | The King of Great Britain, in ceding the islands of St.Pierre and Miquelon to France, regards them as ceded for the purpose of serving as a real shelter to the French fishermen, and in full confidence that these possessions will not become an object of jealousy between the two nations.... |
 | | For Britain, the important point was that the coastal fishery was not explicitly admitted to be exclusive, and that the declaration did at least impose the condition that the islands were never to become a threat to British strategic interests (the term "object of jealousy" had military connotations). |
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