

THE TREATY OF COMMERCE 



has gone by, and that the era of reformation has 

 commenced. 



Article 18th. " The privilege granted to 

 British subjects of being assignantes for the 

 duties to be paid at the custom-houses/* The 

 inability of being assignantes was of considerable 

 inconvenience to English merchants, and obliged 

 them to pay a per centage to a Portuguese for 

 the use of his name in this capacity. The 

 assignantes are bondsmen for the duties to be 

 paid at the end of three and six months ; and no 

 reason could be urged against Englishmen being 

 allowed to serve as assignantes, excepting that 

 of leaving the country without waiting to answer 

 their bonds. 



Article 19th. " All goods, merchandises, 

 and articles whatsoever of the produce, manu- 

 facture, industry, or invention of the dominions 

 or subjects of either of the High Contracting 

 Parties, shall be received into the ports of the 

 other, upon the terms of the most favoured 

 nation." 



Article 20th. " Certain articles of the growth 

 and produce of Brazil, which are subject to pro- 

 hibitory duties in Great Britain, as they are 

 similar to the produce of the British colonies, 

 are permitted to be warehoused in Great Britain 

 for exportation." The non-admission of these 

 commodities, which are principally sugar and 

 coffee, for the consumption of the British em- 



