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Second Division, Second Class, Commander of the Legion of Honour and Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, duly empowered by their respective Governments, have concluded the following Protocol.
Protocol.
Article 1. A Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with most-favoured-nation clause will be concluded and signed at Peking.
Art. 2. China confirms perpetual occupation and Government of Macao and its dependencies by Portugal, as any other Portuguese possession.
Art. 3. Portugal engages never to alienate Macao and dependencies without agreement with China.
Art. 4. Portugal engages to co-operate in opium revenue work at Macao in same way as England at Hong Kong.
Done at Lisbon, the 26th March, 1887.
(Signed)
HENRIQUE DE BARROS GOMES. JAMES DUNCAN CAMPBELL.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
Mr. J. D. Campbell to Senhor Gomes.
Lisbon, March 26, 1887.
M. le Ministre,
THE 4th clause of the Protocol, signed this day, declares that: "Portugal engages to co-operate in opium revenue work at Macao in same way as England at Hong Kong."
According to my instructions, it is also understood by the Imperial Chinese Government that the Chinese Customs Stations will continue at Macao in same way as at Hong Kong, functioning under the Inspector-General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs; that co-operation will commence provisionally at Macao from the 1st April, 1887, and will only be definitive upon ratification of the Treaty.
Requesting your Excellency to confirm this understanding, in writing, on the part of the Portuguese Government, I have, &c.
(Signed)
J. DUNCAN CAMPBELL,
Commissioner and Non-resident Secretary of the Inspectorate-General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs.
Inclosure 4 in No. 1.
Senhor Gomes to Mr. Campbell.
Foreign Department, Lisbon, March 26, 1887.
IN alluding, in your letter dated to-day, to the 4th Article of the Protocol which has just been signed, and in which it is laid down that Portugal engages to co-operate with China in the recovery of the revenue from opium at Macao and in its dependencies in the same way as England at Hong Kong, you add that, in accordance with your instructions, it is likewise agreed that the Chinese Fiscal Stations shall continue to operate at Macao in the same manner as at Hong Kong, under the direction of the Inspector-General of the Imperial Chinese Maritime Custom-houses, and that the co-operation on the part of Portugal shall commence at Macao on and after the 1st April, 1887, in a provisional manner, and will only become definitive after the ratification of the Treaty.
In compliance with the request contained in your letter, I confirm, on my part, in the name of the Portuguese Government, the foregoing Declaration.
(Signed)
BARROS GOMES.
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No. 2.
Mr. Petre to the Marquis of Salisbury.--(Received April 2.)
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(No. 28.) My Lord,
Lisbon, March 29, 1887.
WITH reference to my preceding despatch, I inclose the translation of a Royal Decree, dated the 28th instant, directing the Governor of Macao to put in force on and after the 1st April next the system of co-operation agreed upon with China for the recovery of duties on opium.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
GEORGE G. PETRE.
(Translation.)
Inclosure in No. 2.
Extract from the "Diario do Governo" of March 29, 1887.
Royal Decree.
WHEREAS a Protocol was signed at Lisbon on the 26th instant between my Government and that of His Majesty the Emperor of China for the purpose of settling the bases of a Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, for the due regulation of the friendly relations which have existed between Portugal and China for more than three centuries:
And whereas it was on the same occasion agreed upon between the two Governments that the co-operation of Portugal, to which reference is made in the 4th Article of the Protocol, shall commence at Macao on and after the 1st April, but only provisionally, and that it will become definitive after the exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty, which is to be negotiated at Peking:
I hereby decree as follows, in virtue of the power conferred upon me in the 15th Article of the First Additional Act to the Constitutional Charter of the Monarchy, and in accordance with the vote of the Council of Ministers and with the favourable Report of the Consultative Board for the Colonies:---
Article 1. The Governor of Macao shall put into force at Macao, on and after the 1st April next, a system of co-operation for the recovery of the duties on opium, identic with that which is to be established at Hong Kong at the same date.
Art. 2. This co-operation accorded by Portugal to China is provisional, and will only become definitive after the exchange of the ratifications of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation, which is to be concluded and signed at Peking.
Art. 3. Any legislation in opposition thereto is hereby revoked. The Minister and Secretary of State for the Marine and Colonial Departments shall accordingly carry this Decree into effect.
Given at the Palace the 28th March, 1887.
(Countersigned)
(Signed)
THE KING.
Henrique de Macedo.
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