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COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN CHINA AND PORTUGAL

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ing, duly authorized by His Excellency Thomas de Sonza Roza, Chief of the said ision, and Sir Robert Hart, K.C.M.G., Inspector-General of the Chinese Imperial ritime Customs, provided with the necessary instructions from the Chinese rigernment, have agreed on the following:

I 1.-An office under a Commissioner appointed by the Foreign Inspectorate of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs shall be established at a convenient spot on anese territory, for the sale of opium duty certificates, to be freely sold to merchants for such quantities of opium as they may require. The said Commissioner will 3 administer the Customs stations near Macao.

. 2.-Opium accompanied by such certificates, at the rate of not more than 110- Tils per picul, shall be free from all other imposts of every sort, and have all the taefits stipulated for by the Additional Article of the Chefoo Convention between na and Great Britain on behalf of opium on which duty has been paid at one of ports of China, and may be made up in sealed parcels at the option of the purchaser. 3.-The Commissioner of Customs responsible for the management of the otoms stations shall investigate and settle any complaint made by Chinese mer- ents of Macao against the Customs stations or revenue cruisers; and the Governor Macao, if he deems it advisable, shall be entitled to send an officer of Macao to present and assist in the investigation and decision. If, however, they do not gee, a reference may be made to the Authorities at Peking for a joint decision.

4.-Junks trading between Chinese ports and Macao, and their cargoes, shall not subject to any dues or duties in excess of those leviable on junks and their cargoes ing between Chinese ports and Hongkong, and no dues whatsoever shall be de- Daded from junks proceeding to Macao from ports of China, or coming from Macao teorts in China, over and above the dues paid, or payable, at the ports of clearance destination. Chinese produce which has paid Customs duties and lekin tax before ering Macao may be re-exported from Macao to Chinese ports without paying motoms duties and lekin tax again, and will be only subject to the payment of the dnamed Siao-hao.

In witness whereof, this agreement has been written in Portuguese and English- signed in duplicate at Peking this the first day of December, 1887.

(Signed)

BERNARDO PINHEIRO CORREA DE MELLO,

Secretary of the Special Mission of His Most Faithful Majesty.

(Signed)

SIR ROBERT HART,

Inspector-General of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs.

COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN CHINA

AND PORTUGAL

SIGNED AT SHANGHAI, NOVEMBER, 1904

A Art. I.—The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between China and Portugal idad the first day of December, 1887 (17th day, 10th moon, 13th year of Kwang Hsu),

inues in force except in so far as modified by the present Treaty.

¡A Art. II.-Portugal accepts the increase in the import duties stipulated for in alicle VI. of the Peking Protocol of 7th September, 1901, from the date of the ratifica-- tot of this Treaty. Portugal will enjoy the privileges of the most favoured nation, in no case shall Portuguese subjects pay higher or lower duties than those paid by subjects of any other foreign nation. Article XII. of the Treaty of First Decem 3841887, is therefore rendered null and void.

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