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opium on board consigned to lacao.
Raw opium is stored under the supervision of the
opium Superintendent and placed in charge of the special
police. It should be added that Macao has been a free port
since 1845, and that there are thus no customs or custom
services.
Authorisation for the export of raw opium must
first be obtained from the 3uperintendent and the despatch
of the cases must always take place in the presence of the
police. The operation may only be carried out in the inner
port.
The Superintendent must notify the Chinese Customs
of the quantities of raw opium to be consigned.
The Boletim Oficial publishes regularly a list
of the countries in which the import of opium is prohibited,
and no exports to such countries will be authorised by the
authorities.
The minimum exportable quantities are one bale of
Bengal opium and one packet of Malva, Persian or Turkish
opium.
Prepared opium constitutes a monopoly of the
concessionaire', which has been granted until June 30th, 1927.
The concessionaire alone may prepare, manufacture, sell and
export prepared opium. The maximum quantities consumable
are fixed by the concession as are also the maximum exportable
quantities. No limit is imposed, however, to re-exportation,
which is not prohibited by law.
The superintendent regularly receives a report on
the preparation of opium, on consumption, on the persons
authorised by the concessionaire to sell opium, and on the
movement of the retail trade in opium.
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