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forty chests a year. It seems, therefore, safe to assume that the amount earmarked for local consumption at Macao, namely two hundred and sixty chests, is unduly high, The same may be fairly assumed of the remaining two hundred and forty chests that are available for export.
The 1913 agreement with Portugal is terminable at any time on either Government giving twelve months' notice. Further, it expressly states that if after periods of five years the number of cheats agreed upon for local consumption at or export from Macao should respectively prove to be excessive, the Portuguese Government will consider the desirability of revising the amount in question.
Accordingly, before instructing His Majesty's Minister at Lisbon to approach the Portuguese Government in the matter, Lord Curzon would be glad to learn Mr. Secretary Montagu's views as to the desirability of suggesting simultaneously a reduction of the present annual limit of five hundred chests.
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