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1. Certificates authorising the Collector of Customs at
Calcutta to allow the shipment of opium intended for Macao
will be issued by the Board of Revenue only on the
application of an agent appointed for that purpose.
The name
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of the agent will be notified by the Governor of Macao to
the Government of India,
2.
Certificates in respect of such opium up to a limit of
500 chests in any one year will be granted to the agent at
such times as he may apply for them.
3.
In respect of any application for certificates in excess
of the limit of 500 chests in any one year the agent will be
required to produce the license of the Governor of Lacao
under Article 6 permitting the importation into Macao.
4.
Opium for export under the certificates may be purchased
by the agent at the monthly sales or privately from legitimate
holdere of opium in Calcutta.
5. Opium destined for Macao will in all cases (except a8
provided in paragraph 5a) be exported from Calcutta, exports
of Halwa opium from Bombay having now ceased.
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