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privilege of having at least a Vice-Consul or Consular Agent resident at Macao to look after British interests; more especially when it is considered that between Portugal and most, if not all, of these countries, Consular Conventions exist, in which a clause is inserted stating that Consuls must obtain the necessary exequaturs from the Portuguese Government before they can act officially in the Portuguese possessions, from which it must be assumed that they have all obtained their exequaturs from the Portuguese Government, and thereby have tacitly admitted the sovereignty of Portugal over Macao. And as it has been shown that, in several instances before now, British Consular Agents have resided in Macao, and that their official recognition has invariably been asked for from the Portuguese Government, and never from the Chinese, the advice which was given by the Queen's Advocate in 1844 would appear to hold as good now as it did then, that it would be more advisable to apply for an exequatur than to bring forward the question of sovereignty; more especially since it was stated in

Sir T. Wade's despatches of 1864 that since 1849

Pages 27, 28.

the Portuguese have asserted their claim over Macao

by ejecting the Chinese and by refusing any longer

to pay them the rent which they had for so long

a period been in the habit of paying.

December 23, 1879.

E. HERTSLET.

Foreign Office,

MINUTE.

Mr. de Subech Baal &

Mr. Wingfield

Mr. Bramston.

Mr. Meade.

Mr. Herbert.

Lord Cadogan.

Sir M. Hicks Beach. 15

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30 privilege of having at least a Vice-Consul or Consular Agent resident at Macao to look after British interests; more especially when it is considered that between Portugal and most, if not all, of these countries, Consular Conventions exist, in which a clause is inserted stating that Consuls must obtain the necessary exequaturs from the Portuguese Government before they can act officially in the Portuguese possessions, from which it must be assumed that they have all obtained their exequaturs from the Portuguese Government, and thereby have tacitly admitted the sovereignty of Portugal over Macao. And as it has been shown that, in several instances before now, British Consular Agents have resided in Macao, and that their official recognition has invariably been asked for from the Portuguese Government, and never from the Chinese, the advice which was given by the Queen's Advocate in 1844 would appear to hold as good now as it did then, that it would be more advisable to apply for an exequatur than to bring forward the question of sovereignty; more especially since it was stated in Sir T. Wade's despatches of 1864 that since 1849 Pages 27, 28. the Portuguese have asserted their claim over Macao by ejecting the Chinese and by refusing any longer to pay them the rent which they had for so long a period been in the habit of paying. December 23, 1879. E. HERTSLET. Foreign Office, MINUTE. Mr. de Subech Baal & Mr. Wingfield Mr. Bramston. Mr. Meade. Mr. Herbert. Lord Cadogan. 12 Sir M. Hicks Beach. 15 Jack 20 223 Indend kating Ring Is 16 March 1880 In raps & Jou Letter th Leben Ilm 7 Sebany 153 chailid by the Leveling of State for the Colonies to request Stall in his minile refers, I thanks, that Gremark of inbl plätä the Buarquis of Salihing that ec. J 115 1. expor "Attorney fannel in Prese report is n /A of his tegel The dis March 15 Le Cen ant An instinktu misline. the chaft of nheit. it is 6 then Perpaut & colchest

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30 privilege of having at least a Vice-Consul or Con- sular Agent resident at Macao to look after British interests; more especially when it is considered that between Portugal and most, if not all, of these countries, Consular Conventions exist, in which a clause is inserted stating that Consuls must obtain the necessary exequaturs from the Portuguese Government before they can act officially in the Portuguese possessions, from which it must be assumed that they have all obtained their exequaturs from the Portuguese Government, and thereby have tacitly admitted the sovereignty of Portugal over Macao. And as it has been shown that, in several instances before now, British Consular Agents have resided in Macao, and that their official recognition has invariably been asked for from the Portuguese Government, and never from the Chinese, the advice which was given by the Queen's Advocate in 1844 would appear to hold as good now as it did then, that it would be more advisable to apply for an exequatur than to bring forward the question of sovereignty; more especially since it was stated in Sir T. Wade's despatches of 1864 that since 1849 Pages 27, 28. the Portuguese have asserted their claim over Macao by ejecting the Chinese and by refusing any longer to pay them the rent which they had for so long a period been in the habit of paying. December 23, 1879. E. HERTSLET. Foreign Office, ! Per The Unner Soulay Servegin MINUTE. Mr. de Subech Baal & Mr. Wingfield Mr. Bramston. Mr. Meade. Mr. Herbert. Lord Cadogan. 12 Sir M. Hicks Beach. 15 Jack 20 223 Indend kating Ring Is 16 March 1880 In raps & Jou Letter th و Leben Ilm 7 Sebany 153 chailid by the Leveling of State for the Colonies to request Stall in his minile refers, I thanks, that за Gremark of inbl plätä the Buarquis of Salihing that ec. J 115 1. expor "Attorney fannel in Prese report is n /A of his tegel The dis March 15 Le Cen ant An instinktu misline. the chaft of nheit. it is 6 then Perpaut & colchest

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privilege of having at least a Vice-Consul or Con- sular Agent resident at Macao to look after British interests; more especially when it is considered that between Portugal and most, if not all, of these countries, Consular Conventions exist, in which a clause is inserted stating that Consuls must obtain the necessary exequaturs from the Portuguese Government before they can act officially in the Portuguese possessions, from which it must be assumed that they have all obtained their exequaturs from the Portuguese Government, and thereby have tacitly admitted the sovereignty of Portugal over Macao. And as it has been shown that, in several instances before now, British Consular Agents have resided in Macao, and that their official recognition has invariably been asked for from the Portuguese Government, and never from the Chinese, the advice which was given by the Queen's Advocate in 1844 would appear to hold as good now as it did then, that it would be more advisable to apply for an exequatur than to bring forward the question of sovereignty; more especially since it was stated in

Sir T. Wade's despatches of 1864 that since 1849 Pages 27, 28.