Your letter to Lord Shelburne No. 5. which relates to the Claims of His Matys Canadian Subjects, to lands on that part of Lake Champlain which is now a part of the Colony of New York, has been referred to the Lords of Trade, & their Lordships having made a Report to His Maty thereupon, It is His Matys Resolution upon the fullest consideration not to allow any claims made upon the grounds of ancient grants from the Government of Canada, to Lands which were never acknowledged to belong of right to the Crown of France. His Maty has the most tender Regard to the Rights of His new subjects, & is desirous of giving every proper Testimony of His Attention to their Interests and Welfare, & therefore it is his Matys Pleasure, that they should not be disturbed in the peaceable possession of any Tracts so circumstanced, which they may have actually settled & improved, provided they consent to establish their Title by Grants

under the seal of the Province of New York, upon the usual Conditions of Quit

Rent & Improvement.

LORD HILLSBOROUGH TO SIR H. MOORE. [

N. y. Council Minutes XXVI.; Lond. Doc. XLI. ] Whitehall 13th August 1768.

have only in command from His Majesty to send you the inclosed order of His Majesty in Council

confirming the Boundary Line betweenn New York & Quebec, as agreed upon and fixed by yourself

and Governor Carleton, for the due execution of which Order under the several Limitations and Restrictions contained in