Art. 72. In places where the party has and the Government 
has not deposits of fuel, to him shall be given the preference for 
furnishing the quantity necessary for the national vessels of war, 
at the prices received when supplying the vessels of individuals. 
Art. 73. In extraordinary circumstances and at the requi- 
sition of the Government, the contracting party shall place at 
its disposition all the deposits of fuel on hand, being afterwards 
indemnified for a part or all of the fuel delivered, and after- 
wards .another payment of the value of the deposits unused, 
corresponding to the profits lost during the time of the interrup- 
tion of his business, calculated on an equal period of the preced- 
ing year. 
Art. 74, The bidding for the contract shall be upon the 
terms for the installation of the depositories, their reversion to 
the Union and the selling price of fuel for the first year. 
TITLE V 
The creation of centres producing foodstuffs in the valley 
of the Amazon 
CHAPTER I 
The leasing of the national plantations of Rio Branco 
Art. 75. The Minister of Agriculture can contract for the 
leasing of the two national plantations S. Bento and S. Marcos, 
except the part situated between the Rivers Maht, Takutt, 
Surumut and Cotingo, by public bidding, or independent of it, 
with a corporation or party sufficiently able, observing the fol- 
lowing -dispositions which shall be explained and assured in the 
clauses of the detailed contracts. 
1. The party will be obliged to: 
(a) Develop and practice on a large scale, by the best and 
most modern methods the breeding of cattle of different kinds 
and the cultivation of the usual alimentary cereals; 
(b) Establish a packing house for the preparation of dried 
beef and a factory for the canning of alimental animal and 
vegetable products. 
(c) Equip a factory for milk products, in which in addition 
to making cheese and butter, milk shall be prepared by the 
Pasteur system or some other that may be better, in condition 
to be supplied to the seringaes and estates of the interior. 
(d) Equip a central mill for the treatment of rice and other 
cereals and two improved factories for mandioca flour, as soon 
as the number of colonies localized can produce a sufficient 
supply of raw material for such establishment. 
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