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Possession of such Parts of Our Dominions & Territories as,
not having been ceded to, or Purchased by Us, are reserved
to them, or any of them, as their Hunting Grounds; We do
therefore with the Advice of Our Privy Council declare it to
be Our Royal Will and Pleasure, that no Governor or Com-
mander in Chief in any of Our Colonies of Quebec, East
Florida, or West Florida, do presume, upon any Pretence
whatever, to grant Warrants of Survey, or pass any Patents
for Lands beyond the bounds of their respective Governments,
as described in their Commissions; as also that no Governor
or Commander in Chief in any of Our other Colonies or
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Plantations in America, do presume for the present, and untill
Our further pleasure be known, to grant Warrants of Survey,
or pass Patents for any Lands beyond the Heads or Sources
of any of the Rivers which fall into the Atlantick Ocean from
the West and North West, or upon any Lands whatsoever,
which, not having been ceded to, or Purchased by Us as afore-
said, are reserved to the said Indians, or any of them. And
We do further declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure,
for the Present as aforesaid, to reserve under Our Sover-
eignty, Protection, and Dominion for the Use of the said
Indians, all the Lands and Territories not included within the
Limits of Our said Three New Governments, or within the
Limits of the Territory granted to the Hudson's Bay Com-
pany, as also all the Lands and Territories lying to the West-
ward of the Sources of the Rivers which fall into the sea
from the West and North West, as aforesaid; and We do
hereby Strictly forbid on pain of Our displeasure, all Our
Loving Subjects from making any Purchases or Settlements
whatever, or taking Possession of any of the Lands above
reserved, without Our especial Leave and Licence for that
Purpose first Obtained, And We do further Strictly enjoin
and require all Persons whatever, who have either wilfully or
inadvertently Seated themselves upon any Lands within the
Countries above described, or upon any other Lands, which,
not having been Ceded to, or Purchased by Us, are still re-
served to the said Indians as aforesaid, forthwith to remove
themselves from such Settlements, And Whereas great
Frauds and Abuses have been committed in the Purchasing
Lands of the Indians, to the great Prejudice of Our Interests,
and to the great Dissatisfaction of the said Indians; in order
therefore to prevent such Irregularities for the future and to
the End that the Indians may be convinced of Our Justice, and
determined Resolution to remove all reasonable Cause of Dis-
content, We do, with the Advice of Our Privy Council, strictly
enjoin and require, that no Private Person do Presume to
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