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PORTUGAL.
PROTC COL, TREATY, CONVENTION, AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND CHINA
PROTOCOL.
Art. 1st.-A Treaty of friendship and commerce with most favoured nation clause will be concluded and signed at Peking.
Art. 2nd.-China confirms perpetual occupation and government of Macao and its dependencies by Portugal, as any other Portuguese possession.
Art. 3rd.-Portugal engages never to alicnate Macao at d its dependencies without agreement with China.
Art. 4tb.-Portugal engages to co-operate in opium revenue work at Macao in same way as England in Hongkong.
Dore at Lisbon, the 26th March, 1887.
HENRIQUE DE FARROS GOMES. JAMES DUNCAN CAMPBELL.
THE TREATY.
(Ratifications Exchanged at Peking 28th April, 1888.)
His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, and His Imperial Majesty the En peror of China, desiring to draw closer and to consolidate the ties of friendship which have subsisted for more than three hundred years between Portugal aid China, and having agreed in Listen on the 26th day of March, 1887, 2nd day of 3rd moon of the 13th year of the reign of the Emperor Kwarg-sü, through their representatives, or a Protocol of four Articles, have now resolved to conclude a Treaty of Amity and Con merce to regulate the relations between the two States; for this end they have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries, that is to say:
His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, Thomas de Souza Reza, His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in special mission to the Court of Peking, Knight of the Order of Nossa Senhora de Conceicao de Villa Vicosa, Grand Cross of the Order of the Rising Sun of Jajan and of the Crown of Siam, Commander of the Order of Charles III. and of Isabella the Catholic of Spain, and Knight of the Iron Crown of Austria :
His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, His Highness Prince Ch'ing, Pre- sident of the Tsung-li Yamén, and Sun, Minister of the Tsung-li Yamên and Senior Vice-President of the Board of Public Works;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles
Art. I.—There shall cont nue to exist constant peace ard amity between His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China, whose respective subjects shall equally enjoy in the dominions of the High Contracting Parties the most complete and decided protection for their persons and property.
Art. II.-China confirms in its entirety the second article of the protocol of Lisbon, relating to the perpetual occupation and government of Macao by Portugal. It is stipulated that Commissioners appointed by both Governments shell proceed to the delimitation of the boundaries, which shall be determined by a special con- vention; but so long as the delimitation of the boundaries is not concluded, every- thing in respect to them shall continue as at present, without addition, diminution, or alteration by either of the parties.
Art. III.-Portugal confirms, in its entirety, the third article of the protocol of Lisbon, relating to the engagement never to alienate Macao without previous agree- ment with China.
Art. IV.-Portugal-agrees to co-operate with China in the collection of duties on opium exported from Macao into China ports, in the same way, and as long, England co-operates with China in the collection of duties on opium exported from Hongkong into Chinese ports.
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