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 — 38 *- and also along the north coast of the baye de Chaleurs and the coast of the gulf of St. Lawrence, to cape Rosieres ; and from thence, crossing the mouth of the river St. Lawrence, by the west end of the island of Anticosti, terminates at the aforesaid river St. John. Secondly. The government of East Florida, bounded to the westward by the gulf of Mexico, and the Apalachicola river; to the northwaixl by a line drawn from that part of the said river where the Chatahouchee and Flint rivers meet, to the source of St. Mary's river, and by the course tjf the said river to the Atlantic ocean ; and to the eastward and south- ward by the Atlantic ocean, and the gulf of Florida, including all islands within six leagues of the seacoast. Thirdly* The government of West Florida, bounded to the southward by the gulf of Mexico, including all islands within six leagues of the coast, from the river Apalachicola to lake Pontchartrain ; to the westward, by the said lake, the lake Mauripas, and the river Mississippi; to the northward, by a line drawn due east from that part of the river Missis- sippi which lies in thirty-one degrees north latitude, to the river Apalachicola or Chatahouchee; and to the eastward, by the said river. Fourthly. The government of Grenada, comprehending the island of that name, together with the Grenadines, and the islands of Dominica, St. Vincent, and Tobago. And, to the end that the open and free fishery of our sub- jects may be extended to, and carried on upon, the coast of Labrador, and the adjacent islands, we have thought fit, with the advice of our said privy council, to put all that coast, from the river St. John's to Hudson's straits, together with the islands of Anticosti and Madelaine, and all other smaller islands, lying upon the said coast, under the care and in- spection of our governor of Newfoundland. We have also, with the advice of our privy council, thought fit to annex the islands of St. John's and Cape Breton, or Isle Royale, with the lesser islands adjacent thereto, to our government of Nova Scotia.