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JAPAN BY THE JAPANESE
  1. In the case of the purchase or borrowing of articles in the exclusive possession of a single person or company.
  2. In the case of works to be carried out, or of articles to be purchased or sold, or to be lent or borrowed, under circumstances requiring the actions of the Government to be kept secret.
  3. In the case of extraordinary urgency, when there is no time to put to competition the undertaking of a work, or the purchase or sale or borrowing or lending of articles.
  4. In the case of articles which, on account of their peculiar nature or on account of the special object for which they are to be used, require to be purchased directly in the place of production or manufacture, or from the producers or manufacturers.
  5. In the case of the purchase of manufactures or instruments which cannot be manufactured except by special artists.
  6. In the case of the purchase or lease of lands and buildings requiring particular situation or construction.
  7. In the case of contracts relating to works and of the purchase or borrowing of articles of which the cost or value does not exceed 500 yen.
  8. In the case of the sale of movable properties, the estimated value of which does not exceed 200 yen.
  9. In the case of the purchase of men-of-war.
  10. In the case of the purchase of horses in the army.
  11. In case a work or manufacture is caused to be undertaken or some articles are purchased for experimental purposes.
  12. In the case of the employment of the poor belonging to a charity establishment, or in the case of the direct purchase of things produced or manufactured therein.
  13. In the case of the employment of convict labour, or of the direct purchase of things manufactured by the same, or in the case of the direct purchase of articles produced or manufactured at an agricultural or industrial establishment under the control of the Government.
  14. In the case of the sale of articles produced or manufactured at an agricultural or industrial establishment under the Government, or an establishment for charity, education, or by convict labour.

Article XXV.—No payment shall be made in advance for