d. Transport free of charge by the Braganca railway and. 
steamers under the States’ subsidy of all machinery and plant 
belonging to the Company and intended for the installation of 
its establishments; and of whatever colonists the Company may 
place in its premises as well as of seeds, manure plants and 
cattle. 
e. An advance, by way of guaranteed interest, of 5 per cent 
per annum on the capital issued by the company holding the: 
concession to the extent of one-half of the paid up capital. 
Special paragraph.—This guarantee, whatsoever be the Com- 
pany’s capital, shall not be paid on a sum exceeding £400,000 
Sterling over and above £800,000 Sterling, or its equivalent in 
paper money. 
The advances, by way of guaranteed interest, thus conceded, 
will be discontinued once the Company’s profits attain 6 per 
cent, and on exceeding 7 per cent the Company will start amor- 
tizing the sums loaned by the State to the extent of 5 per cent. 
on the total sum advanced. 
The concession of lands available will be made by way of 
emphyteusis for 99 years. 
The Statutes will have to be approved by the Government, 
who will name one of the Company’s Directors and retain cer- 
tain rights with a view to the due enforcement of the contract. 
Article Second of the Law describes the Company’s obliga- 
tions, which are as follows: 
“First. To plant at least twenty thousand rubber trees per 
year. 
Second. To carry out instructions from the Agriculture De- 
partment of the State in the planting. 
Third. To maintain a rural elementary school, with accom- 
modation for the shelter of at least twenty destitute children, 
and a field of practical tuition of mechanical agriculture, experi- 
mental cultivation of tropical plants, experiments in manure, etc. 
-Fourth. Accessory planting of rice, maize, haricot beans, 
aie, improving the quality of same by mechanical means. 
Fifth. Furnish accurate yearly statistics of the number of 
plantations made, their state and the general production of rub- 
ber and other articles. 
Sixth. Use on the bags, boxes and other receptacles con- 
taining the goods produced, a trade-mark duly registered at the 
Board of Trade as prescribed by law. 
-Seventh.: Allow the Government to control all the work 
carried out by the Company in such manner as the Government 
may think fit. 
‘Complimentary to the former, the Law of November 6th 
concedes prizes and other favors to the agriculturists of the’ 
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