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RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR TRADING WITH SIAM.

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but such examination shall not be delayed by the inspector or consignee beyond the period of three months, and the merchandise thus under seal shall not be transferred nor exported, if upon examination the goods are found to have been incorrectly enter- ed, they shall be reclosed under the joint seals of the Inspector of Customs and the consignee or importer, and shall be at once removed to the Custom-house godowns pending adjudication by the Consul, to whose jurisdiction the case belongs, and the Superintendent of Customs jointly.

XI.-Masters and super-cargoes of vessels shall ordinarily neither receive nor discharge cargo but between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M., when an officer will be in attendance on board. Special permission will have to be obtained from the Inspec- tor of Customs to receive or discharge cargo at other than the above stated times.

XII. That should permission not be granted by the Siamese authorities for a vessel to break bulk within 24 hours after her due entry, the Consul of the nation to whom the vessel belongs, shall have power to order the discharge.

XIII. That the Siamese government will be liable for damages in the case of any vessel having been detained by the inspector of imports and exports upon sus- picion, which on examination appears to have been unfounded.

XIV. That all cases arising from a breach of these regulations shall be laid be- fore the Consul concerned, who will then with the Superintendent of Customs enquire whether the infraction has been intentional or through ignorance, and only in cases of wilful infringement of the regulations shall they impose the full fine; in cases where there is no proof of the infringement being intentional they shall proportion the fine to the offence.

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XV. That native vessels shall be under the same strict control as vessels of other nations.

Should it appear to the Consuls of this place, that those whose interests are committed to them, trade at a disadvantage in this last respect, they will withdraw their consent to the regulations.

RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE PEACE, ORDER, AND GOOD GOVERNMENT OF HER MAJESTY'S SUBJECTS BEING WITHIN THE DOMINIONS OF THE KINGS OF SIAM.

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I. Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate-office shall be open for the transaction of public business, from 10 o'clock a.m. to 4 o'clock p.m. daily, excepting Sundays and those holidays upon which public oflices in England are closed

II-British subjects intending to reside within the dominions of the Kings of Siam, are required, in conformity with the 5th article of the Treaty, concluded between Her Majesty and the Kings of Siam, to enrol themselves in the register of British residents kept for that purpose at the Consulate. Failing to do so within fourteen days after their arrival, without there is valid reason to account for the omission, they are not entitled, conformably to the Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated at the Court of Osborne House, Isle of Wight, the 28th day of July, 1856, to protection under the Consul's authority.

British subjects on leaving Siam as a residence are equally required to report themselves at the Consulate, at least forty-eight hours before their departure.

Seamen borne on the muster-roll of a British vessel are exempt from this obligation. III.-In compliance with the Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 1st of May, 1858, a register of all births and deaths occurring amongst British subjects in Siam, is kept at the Consulate. The registration fee of each case is two shillings and six pence.

The period which such registration can take place after the occurrence of the event in foreign countries, has been fixed by Her Majesty's government to be seven years; this being the utmost limit that can be allowed for such registration.

IV.—In the event of a sudden death, either by accident or otherwise amongst the