ne_.

It remains therefore, that we report to your Lordships our opinion, how
far it may consist with good policy and with justice, that his Majesty
should comply with that part of the memorial which relates to those
lands which are situated to the east of that line, and are part of the
dominion of Virginia.

III. And first with regard to the policy, we take leave to remind your
Lordships of that principle which was adopted by this Board, and
approved and confirmed by his Majesty, immediately after the treaty of
Paris, _viz._ the confining the western extent of settlements to such a
distance from the sea coast, as that those settlements should lie
_within the reach of the trade and commerce of this kingdom_, upon
which the strength and riches of it depend, and also of the exercise of
that authority and jurisdiction, which was conceived to be necessary
for the preservation of the colonies, in a due subordination to, and
dependance upon, the Mother Country; and these we apprehend to have
been two capital objects of his Majesty's proclamation of the 7th of
October 1763, by which his Majesty declares it to be his royal will and
pleasure to reserve under his sovereignty, protection, and dominion,
for the _use_ of the Indians, all the lands not included within the
three new governments, the limits of which are described therein, as
also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources
of the rivers which shall fall into the sea from the west and
north-west, and by which, all persons are forbid to make any purchases
or settlements whatever, or to take possession of any of the lands
above reserved, without special licence for that purpose.

IV. It is true indeed, that partly from _want of precision_ in
describing the line intended to be marked out by the proclamation of
1763, and partly from a consideration of justice _in regard to legal
titles to lands_, which had been settled beyond that line, it has been
since thought fit to enter into engagements with the Indians, for
fixing a more precise and determinate _boundary_ between his Majesty's
territories and their hunting grounds.

V. By this _boundary_, so far as it regards the case now in question,
your Lordships will observe, that the hunting grounds of the Indians
are reduced within narrower limits than were specified by the
proclamation of 1763; we beg leave however, to submit to your
Lordships, that the same principles of policy, in reference to
sett