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CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND CAMBODIA.
Art. VI.-Vessels under the French flag may freely navigate those parts of the Meikong River and Interior Sea which touch the Siam se possessions. The Govern- ment of His Majesty the King of Siam shall place at the disposal of the Authorities of Saigon such number of passports as the latter may deem necessary, to be delivered, after having been signed and filled up by the said authorities, to French subjects who wish to go to the said coast. On Siamese territory the latter shall conform to all the stipulations of the treaty of 1856 between France and Siam. The above-mentioned passport shall take the place, in harbours, of the pass required by Article VII. of the said Treaty, and shall give to its bearers, in case of urgency, the right of laying their claims directly before the Siamese authorities.
Art. VII.-The French Government engages that the preceding stipulations shall be observed by Cambodia.
Art. VIII. The present Treaty having been written in French and Siamese and the two versions having the same import and sense, the French text shall be official and shall have the same effect in all respects as the Siamese.
Art. IX. The present Treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Bangkok, within a period of five months, or sooner if possible.
In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed it and affixed their seals.
Done at Paris, in two copies, the 15th July, in the year of grace 1867, correspond- ing to the 4th day of the 8th month of the year Tho, 1229 of the Siamese era.
(Signed)
L. MOUSTIER.
PHYA SURAWONGS WAY WAT.
PHRA KAXA SENA.
FRANCE AND CAMBODIA.
[ CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND THE KING OF CAMBODIA.
SIGNED AT PHnom-penh, 17th June, 18^k.
Between His Majesty Norodom I., King of Cambodia, of the one part; and M. Charles Thomson, Governor of Cochin-China, acting in the name of the French Republic, in virtue of the full powers conferred upon him, of the other part; it has been agreed as follows:-
Art. I.-His Majesty the King of Cambodia accepts all the administrative, judicial, financial, and commercial reforms the adoption of which the Government of the French Republic may hereafter think useful in order to facilitate the protectorate.
Art. II.-His Majesty the King of Cambodia shall continue, as in the past, to govern his states and to direct their administration, saving the restrictions which follow from the present Convention.
Art. III.--Cambodian functionaries shall continue, under the control of the French authorities, to administer the provinces, saving in all that concerns the establishment and collection of taxes, customs, and indirect contributions, publie works, and, in general, those services which require unique direction or the employment of European engineers or agente.