OPIUM AGREEMENT BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL. 343
not exceeding the limits and conditions so fixed, so long as the Opium Farmer at Hongkong is permitted to obtain his supplies from this source.
Art. VIII.-Raw opium coming from India, consigned to the farmer of Macao, within the limits and conditions above indicated, will be allowed transhipment at Hongkong free of duty or taxation.
Art. IX.--It is understood that if after periods of five years (the duration of the contracts of the farmer) the numbers of chests agreed upon for local consump- tion at or export from Macao should respectively prove to be excessive, the Portu- guese Government will consider the desirability of revising the amount in question.
The present agreement shall remain in force for a period of ten years, but may be terminated by either Government at any time on giving to the other twelve months' notice of its intention to do so. On the expiration of the said period of ten years
it shall continue in force, unless and until a similar notice of termination is given by either Government.
(Signed)
E. GREY.
P. DE TOVAR.
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