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any notices or communications which may have 

 to be addressed in reference to the respective 

 application, such application shall be declared 

 null and void, and any money deposited in con- 

 nection therewith shall be forfeited in favour of 

 the Public Treasury. 



Sub-section. — The same provisions shall apply 

 in respect of applications lying within the 

 jurisdiction of the District Governors in 

 case the applicant does not reside or has 

 no representative at the seat of the District 

 Administration. 

 Art. 48. — In case a concessionaire absents him- 

 self from the Province without notifying the 

 Survey Department — or the local District Survey 

 Office where the respective concession comes 

 within the powers of the District Governor — 

 of the name and place of residence therein of 

 his legal representative, any citations, summonses, 

 notifications, or notices which may be necessary 

 to address to such concessionaire in reference 

 to his concession or titles thereto shall be carried 

 out only by edict published in the Boletim 

 Official of the Province and, if so ordered by 

 a Court of Law, in the Diario do Governo 

 (Lisbon). 



Art. 49. — For the purposes of the two last 

 preceding Articles, the Survey Department and 



