CO129-457 - Public Offices - 1919 — Page 641

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when the sxisting arrangements with regga

the local require ents of Hongkong, with a Chinmine“, "population of four hund: wel rt fifty thousand in cepared with a total population for Nagao of ninety thousand were fixed at five hundred and forty chests a year. It seeme therefore safe to assume that the samunt earmarked for local consumption at liacao, namely two hundred and sixty ghosts, is unduly high. The name may be fairly assumed af the remaining two hundred and farty chests that are

susilable for export.

The 1913 rement with Portugal is terminable at

any time on either Government giving twelve months notice mirther it expressly states that if efter periode of five

years the mæber of chants agreed upon for local constrṛp «

tim at or export frau Haemo should respectively præe te

be excessive, the Portuguese Goverment will coneider the

Daudzubilities of revising the mount in cuestim.

Accordingly, bufare instructing His Majesty's

Finister at Liebon to approach the Fortuguese Government,

in

A copy of arrangement with the Government of Macao' settling details of procedure to give effect to the agreemen with Portugal of 14th June, 1913.

1. Certificates authorising the Collector of Customs at Calcutta to allow the shipment of opium intended for Macao will be issued by the Board of Revenue only on the The application of an agent appointed for that purpose. name of the agent will be notified by the Governor of Macao to the Government of India.

2. Jertificates in respect of such opium up to a limi- of 500 chests in any one year will be granted to the gent at such times as he may apply for them.

3. In respect of any application for certificates in excess of the limit of 500 chests in any one year the agent will be required to produce the license of the Governor of Macao under Article 6 permitting the importation into Macao.

4. Opium for export under the certificates may be purchased by the agent at the monthly sales or privately from legitimate holders of opium in Calcutta.

5. Opium destined for Macao will in all cases (except as provided in paragraph 5A) be exported from Calcutta, exports of Malwa opium from Bombay having now ceased.

5A. Whenever it is permitted to obtain opium for the opium monopoly of Hong Kong from other places in India than Calcutta the same permission, within the limits fixed,will be extended to the Opium Famer of Macao, and the latter will also be permitted to purchase opium in any places designated by the Government of India when, by whatsoever circumstances, in case of force majeure, it is not possible to obtain

pecessary supply in Calcutta. Opium so purchased will

\rted from such port as the Government of India may

`oses of paragraphs 2 and 3 above,

from the 16th to the 15th