have obtained from the Minister of Agriculture, in case he treats 
of regular objects of the second, third or fourth group. 
38. A detailed statement of the kind and quality of objects 
or material which it is necessary to import, or has been im- 
ported, which it is necessary to despatch. 
Sole Paragraph. The importer shall become responsible, dur- 
ing this period, to the exchequer for any errors that may have 
bec:: made. 
Art. 4. The product, drug or object that may be similar to 
that produced in this country, will not be exempt from import 
duti::s, when the cost in this market in which he would have 
to buy it was equal to that of the imported merchandise, less 
the value of the import duty which he would have to pay in the 
custom houses. 
CHAPTER II 
The money premiums offered to those who cultivate the principal 
rubber producing trees 
Art. 5. To every one who makes an entirely new culture of 
Seringueira, caucho, manigoba or mangabeira, or replants ser- 
ingaes, manicobaes, couchaes or native mangabaes, shall be 
given, in the first case and for groups of 12 hectares, premiums 
of 2,500 milreis, when it is Seringueira; 1,500 milreis when 
-caucho or manigoba, and 900 milreis when mangabeira—and in 
the second case and for groups of 25 hectares, 2,000 milreis 
when it is seringueiras, 1,000 milreis when couchaes or mani- 
cobas and 720 milreis when mangabaes, when the following con- 
ditions are observed: 
1. Sending beforehand to the Minister of Agriculture a plan 
of the property in which he expects to make the culture, indicat- 
ing the area, water courses navigable for steamers, launches or 
only canoes, and of the means of access from headquarters to 
the port (fluvial or maritime) or the nearest station on the rail- 
road, mentioning these respective distances in case the property 
is situated in the interior. The plan shall be accompanied by a 
descriptive memorandum, containing as much detailed descrip- 
tion as possible as to the nature of the soil and its adaptation to 
what shall be principally cultivated, and to those which may 
advantageously be subsidiary; the production of rubber for the 
last three years in case it treats of the property in development, 
and about the conditions of healthfulness. 
2. It shall declare whether it is new culture or replanting 
that is proposed to be done and in the second case the number 
of trees in development the property has already. 
3. When the cultivation is of Seringueiras one must declare 
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