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In saying good-bye to me before he quitted Peking on leave of absence, Senhor Azevedo expressed his warm thanks for the friendly assistance I had afforded to him during the progress of his negotiations with the Chinese Government, which have resulted in the present Treaty.

I have, &c.,

ERNEST SATOW.

TREATY BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND CHINA SIgned at Peking, OCTOBER 15, 1902.

ARTICLE I.

Le Traité d'Amitié et de Commerce signé entre le Portugal et la Chine le ler Décembre, 1887, continue à être en vigueur avec les modifications et altérations provenantes du présent Traité.

ARTICLE II.

Le Portugal accepte l'élévation des Tarifs d'Importation stipulé par l'Article 6 du Protocole de Pékin du 7 Septembre, 1901, et, à partir de la ratification du présent Traité, et tant que le Traité d'Amitié et de Commerce entre le Portugal et la Chine actuellement en vigueur n'aura pas été revisé, le Portugal jouira du traitement de la nation la plus favorisée, et en aucun cas il ne sera exigé des sujets Portugais de droits plus ou moins élevés que ceux qui seront exigés des sujets de n'importe quel autre nation.

Cet Article annulle l'Article XII. du Traité de 1887.

ARTICLE III.

Pour rendre efficace la coopération du Portugal pour la perception et le contrôle des droits sur l'opium importé à Macao et exporté de Macao pour les ports Chinois, il y aura à Macao, en un endroit choisi d'accord entre le Gouvernement de la Colonie et l'Administration des Douanes Impériales Maritimes Chinoises, une Délégation de ces Douanes.

ARTICLE IV.

Cette Délégation contrôlera l'entré, et la sortie de l'opium à Macao, et percevra les droits dus à la Chine.

ARTICLE V.

Cette Délégation accordera à tous les bateaux sortant de Macao les mêmes privilèges, et leur appliquera les mêmes Règlements que si cette Délégation était une Douane Maritime d'un port à Traité.

ARTICLE VI.

Un Règlement établi d'accord entre les deux Hautes Parties Contractantes réglera le fonctionnement de cette Délégation des Douanes Impériales Maritimes de manière à sauvegarder les intérêts légitimes des deux pays.

ARTICLE VII.

Afin d'éviter les discussions qui pourraient se produire, ce Traité sera en deux langues.

Enclosure 2 in No. 41.

Sir E. SATOW to the MARQUEss of LansdowNE.

(Received, Foreign Office, April 9.)

(No. 3. Treaty. Confidential.)

MY LORD,

Peking, February 23, 1904.

I HAVE the honour to report that Senhor d'Azevedo Castello Branco presented to the Emperor on the 20th instant his oredentials as Envoy Extraordinary and

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Minister Plenipotentiary of Portugal. When he was here before, from the 13th January to the 16th October, 1902, he was on a special mission. He is also accredited to the Court of Siam.

My colleague informs me that the real reason for postponing the ratification of the Treaty, of which the conclusion was reported in my despatch, No. 306, of the 22nd October, 1902, was that to ratify it would have deprived him of a trump card in his negotiations for the projected railway from Macão to Canton.

He has some hopes of being able to arrange this matter with Sheng Kung-pao through a special Agent, who will be sent to Shanghae for that purpose. It is also his intention to negotiate a new Commercial Treaty on the same lines as Sir James Mackay's Treaty.

I have, &c.,

(No. 253.)

Enclosure 3 in No. 41.

ERNEST SATOW.

Sir E. SATOW, Peking, to the Marquess of Lansdowne. (Sent 11.35 a.m. Received noon, November 24, 1904.) TELEGRAM.

(Paraphrase.)

Referring to your telegram, 171 [of November 21. way]. Agreement has been signed.

Sino-Portuguese Rail-

His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton reports that capital has been sub-

scribed by Chinese subjects and Macao Chinese.

Purely Portuguese subjects

interested to the amount of fifty thousand dollars. No other foreign capital.

42504

SIR,

No. 42.

FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.

(Received December 17, 1904.)

[Answered by No. 45.]

Foreign Office, December 15, 1904.

WITH reference to your letter, 36750/1904, of the 29th of October last,* I am directed by the Marquess of Lansdowne to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copy of a further letter which has been received from Mr. E. Davis, stating that his friends are still willing to find the capital for the construction of the Canton-Kowloon line or, failing that, the Shanghai-Ningpo-Hanchow line.

Lord Lansdowne would be glad to be able to give Mr. Davis a final answer as soon as possible with regard to the first-mentioned railway,

I have, &c.,

SIR,

Enclosure in No. 42.

Mr. E. DAVIS to FOREIGN OFFICE.

F. A. CAMPBELL.

27 and 28, Old Jewry, London, E.C., December 12, 1904. REFERRING to my letter of the 25th October last, I have the honour to inform you that my friends are still willing to find the capital for the construction and equip- ment of the Canton-Kowloon line or, failing that, the Shanghai-Ningpo-Hanchow line, and I should feel obliged if you would let me know whether His Majesty's Govern- ment are able to make any communication to me on the subject, as I cannot keep my friends' capital pledged indefinitely.

The Under Secretary of State, Foreign Office.

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I am, &c.,

EDMUND DAVIS.

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