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COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN CHINA AND PORTUGAL
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Peking, duly authorized by His Excellency Thomas de Souza Eoza, Chief of the said,
‘fission, and Sir Robert Hart, k.c.m.g., Inspector-General of the Chinese Imperial
[aritime Customs, provided with the necessary instructions from the Chinese
IGovernment, have agreed on the following:
1. —An office under a Commissioner appointed by the Foreign Inspectorate of
jthe Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs shall be established at a convenient spot on
iChinese territory, for the sale of opium duty certificates, to be freely sold to merchants
I and for such quantities of opium as they may require. The said Commissioner will
[ also administer the Customs stations near Macao.
2. —Opium accompanied by such certificates, at the rate of not more than 110
I Taels per picul, shall be free from all other imposts of every sort, and have all the
| benefits stipulated for by the Additional Article of the Chefoo Convention between
China and Great Britain on behalf of opium on which duty has been paid at one of
the 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
Customs stations shall investigate and settle any complaint made by Chinese mer¬
chants of Macao against the Customs stations or revenue cruisers ; and the Governor
of Macao, if he deems it advisable, shall be entitled to send an officer of Macao to
be present and assist in the investigation and decision. If, however, they do not
agree, 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
be subject to any dues or duties in excess of those leviable on junks and their cargoes
trading between Chinese ports and Hongkong, and no dues whatsoever shall be de¬
manded from junks proceeding to Macao from ports of China, or coming from Macao
to ports in China, over and above the dues paid, or payable, at the ports of clearance
or destination. Chinese produce which has paid Customs duties and lelcin tax before
entering Macao may be re-exported from Macao to Chinese ports without paying
Customs duties and lekin tax again, and will be only subject to the payment of the
tax named Siao-hao.
In witness whereof, this agreement has been written in Portuguese and English
and signed in duplicate at Peking this the first day of December, 1887.
(Signed) Bernabdo Pikheiro 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
Art. I.—The Treaty of Amity and Commerce between China and Portugal i
dated the first day of December, 1887 (17th day, 10th moon, 13th year of Kwang Hsu),
continues in force except in so far as modified by the present Treaty.
Art. II.—Portugal accepts the increase in the import duties stipulated for in
Article VI. of the Peking Protocol of 7th September, 1901, from the date of the ratifica¬
tion of this Treaty. Portugal will enjoy the privileges of the most favoured nation,
and in no case shall Portuguese subjects pay higher or lower duties than those paid by
the subjects of any other foreign nation. Article XII. of the Treaty of First Decem¬
ber, 1887, is therefore rendered null and void.