Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 31.djvu/2027

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PROCLAMATIONS. N0. 13. 1975 and the Azores and Madeira Islands, the rates of duty shall be as low gs thospl accorded to any other country (Spain and Brazil being excepted rom t is rovision namelv: · ' Tariff Nl;. 325 Flhur of cereals, except wheat. Tariff No. 326 Maize in the grain. Tariff No. 327 Wheat in the grain. Tarid No. 354 Lard and grease.

 go' 97 Mineral oils, and their products not elsewhere speci-

0. 98 fi d . h T NH Tariff NO. 99 e in the a11 . Tariff N o. 373. Reapin , mowing and thrashing machines, machines for compressing hay ant? straw, steam-plows, and separate parts of these machines and plow shares. Tariif No. 386. Instruments, implements and tools for the arts, manufactories, agriculture, and gardening; and upon the following articles shall not exceed the rates hereinafter stated, namely: Upon foregoing machines and articles described in No. 373, five reis per 1 o ram. Upon theginstruments, implements and tools described above in No. 386, for use in agriculture and gardening, sixty reis per kilogram. Upon lighter mineral oils for illuminating purposes (density of 0. 783 up to 0.820; point of ignition from 370 up to 490) forty-six reis per itre. Upon medium mineral oils (density above 0.820 and up to 0.860; point of ignition from 500 u to 1500) fifty-two reis per kilogram. Upon tar and mineral pitch ten reis per ton. ARTICLE III. It is mutually understood that His Most Faithful Majesty’s Gov- ,,§,‘}§§§0“°“ °* 0°”‘ ernment reserves the right, after three months prior notication to the United States Government of its intention to do so, to arrest the operation of this Convention in case the United States shall hereafter imlpose a duty upon crude cork or coffee being the product of Portuga or of the Portuguese Possessions, or s all give less favorable treatment to the followin articles being the product of Portugal or of her Possessions than 51at accorded to the like articles bein the groduct of any other country not under the control of the Ughited tates, namely: argols, crude tartar or wine lees; coffee; cacao; wines; brandies; cork, raw or manufactured; sardines and anchovies preserved; and fruits, not preserved; but in respect to fruits the United States reserves the right to make special arrangements applicable to any of the West India Islands. ARTICLE IV. This Agreement shall be ratified by His Most Faithful Majesty so D‘"**'*i°¤· °°°· soon as ossible, and upon ofHcial notice thereof the President of the United States shall issue his Proclamation iving full effect to the provisions of Article I of this Agreement. From and after the date of such Proclamation this Agreement shall be in full force and effect and shall continue in force for the term of five years thereafte1·, and if not- then denounced by either Party shall continue in force until one year from the time when one of the Parties shall have notified the other of its intention to arrest the operation thereof. Done at Washington the twenty-second day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine. J om: A. KAssoN sEAL. S*g'“““°°· Vxscoismz nn SAN·ro Tnrizso SEAL. "