TREATY BETWEEN PORTUGAL AND CHINA.
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1887, that a Convention shall be arranged between the two High Contracting Parties in order to establish a basis of co-operation in collecting the revenue on opium ex- ported from Macan to Chines⋅ ports, the undersigned Thomas de Souza Roza, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Most Faithful Majesty the King of Portugal and the Algarves, in special mission to the Court of Peking, and His Highness the Prince Ching, Presilent of the Tsung-li Yamen, and Sun, Minister of the Tsung-li Yamen and Senior Vice-President of the Board of Public Works, Mi- nisters Plenipotentiaries of His Imperial Majesty the Empero of China, have agreed on the following Convention in three articles:-
Art. I.-Portugal will enact a law su jecting the opium trade of Macao to the following provisions :-
1.-No opium shall be imported into Macao in quantities less than one chest. 2. All opium imported into Macao must, forthwith on arrival, be reported to the competent department under a public functionary appointed by the Portuguese Government, to superintend the importation and exportation of opium in Macao.
3.-No opium imported iuto Macao shall be transhipped, landed, stored, removed from one store to another, or exported, without a permit issued by the Superintendent. 4. The importers and exporters of opium in Macao must keep a register, accord- ing to the form furnished by the Government, show.ng with exactness and clearness the quantity of opium they have imported, the number of chests they have sold, to whom and to what place they were disposed of, and the quantity in stock.
5.- Only the Macao opium fara.er, and persons liceused to sell opium at retail, will be permitted to keep in their custody raw opium in quantities inferior to one cbest.
6. Regulations framed to enforce in Macao the execution of this law will be. equivalent to those adopted in Hongkong for similar purpose.
Art. II.-Permits for the exportation of opium from Macao into Chinese ports, after being issued, shall be communicated by the Superintendent of Opium to the Commissioner of Customs at Kung-pac-uan.
Art. III.-By mutual consent of both the High Contracting Parties the stipula- tions of this Convention may be altered at any time.
In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed this Convention.
Done in Peking this first day of December in the year of Our Lord Jesus Christ one thousand eight hundred an eighty seven, corresponding with the Chinese date the 17 h day of 10th moon of the 13th year of Kwang-Sü.
[L.B.] (Signed) THOMAS de SOUZA ROZA. [Chinese Seal]
Signature of the Chinese Plenipotentiaries.
Prince CH'ING.
SUN-IU-UEN.
AGREEMENT.
The basis of the co-operation to be given to China by Portugal in the collection of duties on opium conveyed from Macao to Chinese ports, having been fixed by Convention appended to the Treaty of Amity and Commerce, concluded between China and Portugal on the 1st December, 1887, and it being now convenient to come to an unders anding upon some points relat ng to the sand co-operation as well as to fx rules for the treatment of Chinese junks trading with Macao, Bernardo Pinheiro Correa de Mello, Secretary of the Special Mission of His Most Faithfu! Majesty in Peking, duly authorized by Hs Ex ellency Thomas de Sonza Roz, Chief of the said Mission, and Sir Robert Hart, K.C. M G., Inspector-General of the Chi ese Imperial Maritime Cus oms, provided with the necessary instructions from the Chinese Government, have agreed on the following:
1.-Au office under a Commissioner, appointed by the Foreign Inspectorate of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, shall be established at a convenient spot on Chinese territory, for the sale of opium duty certificates, to be freely sold to merchants,
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