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(No. 82.) My Lord,
M. de Bunsen to the Marquis of Salisbury.—(Received September 9.)
IN his despatch No. 27 of the 29th March last, M. Petre sent your Lordship a
Lisbon, September 3, 1887. copy of the Portuguese and English text of the Protocol relating to Macao, which was signed on the 26th of that month by Senhor de Barros Gomes, the Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. James Duncan Campbell, on behalf of the Chinese Government.
I have now the honour to transmit to your Lordship herewith a translation of a law, which appeared in the official "Diario do Governo" of yesterday, approving the Protocol in question, and authorizing the Government to ratify the Treaty of Commerce which is to be negotiated and signed at Peking under Article 1 of the Protocol.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
MAURICE DE LUNSEN.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Extract from the "Diario do Governo," September 2, 1887.
Law.
(Translation.)
Dom Luiz, by the grace of God, King of Portugal and of the Algarves, &c.
WE hereby notify to all our subjects that the Cortes nave decreed the following Law, which we sanction:-
Article 1. The Protocol between Portugal and the Chinese Empire signed at Lisbon on the 26th March, 1887, is approved.
Art. 2. The Government is authorized to ratify at once the Treaty of Commerce between Portugal and the Chinese Empire, which is to be negotiated and signed at Peking in accordance with the 1st Article of the said Protocol.
We command, &c.
The Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs shall cause this Law to be printed, published, and put in circulation.
Given at the Palace of the Ajuda on the 13th July, 1887.
(Countersigned)
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(Signed)
THE KING.
HENRIQUE DE BARROS GOMES.