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CO. 882
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO
Eastern. No. 44.
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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C.O. 882
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
MEMORANDUM of an agreement between
Her Majesty's Government of the Straits Settlements with the Government of the Independent State of Johore respecting the conditions under which the Opium Farms of Singapore and Johore may be let jointly instead of separately as heretofore.
Whereas it is desirable in the interests of the Straits Settlements and of the Independent State
of Johore to prevent smuggling, and to enter into a mutual understanding that the Opium Farms of Singapore and Johore should, under the present system of letting, be vested, from time to time, in the same farmers under one joint contract with both Governments, and that the joint rental for both Farms should be apportioned between the Governments under a satisfactory and equitable arrangement.
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It is hereby agreed by the Contracting 28 the Straits Parties, hereinafter described Government and the Johore Government, in the manner following :–
ARTICLE I.
The Straits Government and th Johore Government will do their utmost to prevent smuggling of any kind along the coasts of their respective territories; and in order to facilitate the apprehension of persons infringing fiscal regu- lations, it shall be lawful for any vessel, Guard, Police, or Revenue boat, belonging to either Government, to follow and examine any boat or vessel reasonably suspected of smuggling, not- withstanding that such boat or vessel may have passed at the time of search beyond the line of water delimitation of such State as defined by International Law, to wit:-In waters less than six miles in width by an imaginary line midway between the shores of the respective territories; and in open waters by a line drawn at a distance of three miles from the low water mark of each shore.
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