CO129-403 - Governor Sir May Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1913 [8-10] — Page 41

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Translation.

Clause 2.

Enclosure 2.

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1.

The concessionaire shall not be permitted to

import in each year more than 260 chests of opium (a chest

signifies 40 balls of raw opium) exclusively destined for the

consumption of the fixed and floating population of Macao.

The concessionaire shall be permitted to import

yearly 240 chests of raw opium exclusively destined for export-

-ation to countries which have not prohibited or shall not

later on prohibit the importation of opium.

Be it therefore understood that the concession-

-aire shall be permitted to increase the number of chests of

raw opium to be imported in each year for the purpose of ex-

-portation, provided that it is always proved that such in- -portatione are destined for licit trade. For this purpose the concessionaire shall produce to His Excellency the Governor of

Macao customs certificates issued by the Authorities at the

countries of destination declaring that the quantities above

the 240 chests which this clause refers to are destined for

licit purposes.

His Excellency the Governor of Eacao in face of

the documents referred to and after verification that in the

a) Repartição Superior de Fazenda the concessionaire has satisfi- -ed for each chest of raw opium to be imported under these conditions the charge equivalent to the rent obtained for each chest at the tender, shall concede to the concessionaire the respective licence for such importation. A breach on the part of the concessionaire of the stipulation in this clause shall forthwith cause the cancellation of the contract and the forfeiture of the security deposited, without other formality

(2) than the publication in the Boletim Official of the Province of the reason for the cancellation.

Note:- (1) Department of the Treasury.

(2) Official Gazette.