The Hongkong Government Gazette.
ARTICLE XI.
After the lapse of ten years from the date of the ratification of this Treaty, upon the desire of either the British or Siamese Govern. , and on twelve months' notice given by either party, the present and such portions of the Treaty of 1826 as remain unrevoked by Treaty, together with the Tariff and Regulations hereunto aunexed, or those that may hereafter be introduced, shall be subject to re- by Commissioners appointed on both sides for this purpose, who will be empowered to decide on and insert therein such amend- × as experience shall prove to be desirable.
ARTICLE XIL
This Treaty, executed in English and Siamese, both versions having the same meaning and intention, and the ratifications thereof been previously exchanged, shall take effect from the sixth day of April in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six of Christian era, corresponding to the first day of the fifth month of the one thousand two hundred and eighteenth year of the Siamese
Lera.
In witness whereof the above-named Plenipotentiaries have signed and sealed the present Treaty in quadruplicate at Bangkok, on ighteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five of the Christian era, corresponding to the second day of sixth month of the one thousand two hundred and seventeenth year of the Siamese Civil era.
JOHN BOWRING.
(L.S.)
(Signatures and seals of the five Siamese Plenipotentiaries.)
General Regulations under which British Trade is to be conducted in Siam.
REGULATION I;
The master of every English ship coming to Bangkok to trade, must, either before or after entering the river, as may be found reaient, report the arrival of his vessel at the custom-house at Paknam, together with the number of his crew and guns, and the port whence he comes. Upon anchoring his vessel at Paknam, he will deliver into the custody of the custom-house officers all his guns Ammunition, and a custom-house officer will then be appointed to the vessel, and will proceed in her to Bangkok..
REGULATION II.
A vessel passing Paknam without discharging her guns and ammunition as directed in the foregoing regulation, will be sent back to m to comply with its provisious, and will be fined 800 ticals for having so disobeyed. After delivery of her guns and ammunition, will be permitted to return to Bangkok to trade.
REGULATION III.
When a British vessel shall have cast anchor at Bangkok, the master, unless a Sunday should intervene, will, within four-and-twenty as after arrival, proceed to the British Consulate, and deposit there his ship's papers, bills of lading, &c., together with a true manifest th import cargo; and upon the Consul's reporting these particulars to the custom-house, permission to break bulk will at once be
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For neglecting so to report his arrival, or for presenting a false manifest, the master will subject himself, in each instance, to a penalty ticals; but he will be allowed to correct, within twenty-four hours after delivery of it to the Consul, any mistake he may discover s manifest, without incurring the above-mentioned penalty.
REGULATION IV.
A British vessel breaking bulk, and commencing to discharge before due permission shall be obtained, or smuggling either when in river or outside the bar, shall be subject to the penalty of 800 ticals, and confiscation of the goods so smuggled or discharged.
REGULATION V.
As soon as a British vessel shall have discharged her cargo, and completed her outward lading, paid all her duties, and delivered a true fest of her outward cargo to the British Consul, a Siamese port-clearance shall be granted her on application from the Consul, who, a the absence of any legal impediment to her departure, will then return to the master his ship's papers, and allow the vessel to leave. A om-house officer will accompany the vessel to Paknam; and on arriving there she will be inspected by the custom-house officers of that *tion, and will receive from them the guns and ammunition previously delivered into their charge.
REGULATION VI.
Her Britannic Majesty's Plenipotentiary having no knowledged of the Siamese language, the Siamese Government have agreed that →→ English text of these Regulations, together with the Treaty of which they form a portion, and the Tariff hereunto annexed, shall be »epted as conveying in every respect their true meaning and intention.
JOHN BOWRING.
(L.S.)
(Signatures and seals of the five Siamese Plenipotentiaries.)'
Tariff of Export and Inland Duties to be levied on Articles of Trade.
SECTION I.
The undermentioned Articles shall be entirely free from Inland or other Taxes, on production or transit, and shall pay Export Duty
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