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TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND CAMBODIA
Art. XI. All articles of commerce which traders take from Cambodia to Cochin- China, if the Cambodian Custom-house officers have already collected the duty on them and the "Tangkau" has a pass from the Cambodian authorities, which will be countersigned by the French Consul, will be permitted to be sold in the French territory free of duty.
Art. XII.-If any French subject in pursuit of science come to Cambodia, he must inform the Cambodian authorities, who will render assistance and provide for his safe conduct.
Art. XIII. If French ships or junks be plundered by pirates anywhere within the Cambodian territory at any time, and the Cambodian authorities of that place are informed of the circumstance, they will examine into the matter, seize and punish the robbers according to law, and the property recovered will be restored to the owners or to the French Consul, who will deliver it over to the owners. If the robbers be not found, and no property recovered, and if the Cambodian authorities have made every search without success, the said authorities will not be held responsible. The above is also applicable to the property of French subjects in Cambodia.
Art. XIV-If Cambodian ships or junks be plundered by pirates in the French dominions, the French authorities of the nearest place on being informed thereof will search for the robbers, seize and punish them according to law, and the property recovered will be restored to the owners; if the owners be absent, to the Cambodian officers for transmission to them. If after making search for the robbers and property the French officers do not find them, they are not to be held responsible. If Cambodian officers in French territory be plundered of any kind of property the above is also applicable to them, and if the French officers have done their utmost to find the robbers and property, but without success, they will not be held answerable.
Art. XV-All French Bishops have authority to teach religion throughout the territories of Cambodia, and the Cambodians will offer no impediment to their doing BO. If the missionaries wish to build churches, schools, or hospitals, they shall inform the Cambodian authorities, whose consent will be nécessĖTY.
Art. XVI-The Emperor of the French recognises the King of Cambodia as a legitimate Prince, and agrees to assist him in preserving peace and friendship, and to protect Cambodia from her enemies and from the oppression of other countries. The Emperor of the French will honestly assist the King so as to enable him to collect duties from the traders and to enable them to proceed to sea.
Art. XVII.-In order that the foregoing article may be easily carried into effect. the French Commander-in-chief, Governor of Saigon, desires some land at "Charvey Chung," to build godowns for coals and rice for the French vessels. The King of Cambodia agrees to give the said land at "Charvey Chung," viz., from the north of the fort and stockades of 15 sen (1,800 feet). If any Cambodian temple ground intervene it must be avoided, and such ground shall continue to remain and belong to the said temples. If the French Commander-in-chief desires any more land anywhere, the King and his nobles, if after consideration they find a piece suitable, will grant it on the same conditions as at "Charvey Chung."
Art. XVIII.—In order to show their gratitude for the protection afforded by the Emperor of the French for the purpose of promoting the peace and prosperity of the country, the Cambodians agree that if the French wish to cut timber in the Cambodian forests for the purpose of building the ships of the Emperor of the French, they shall be permitted to do so, upon informing the Cambodian authorities, who will send in- structions to the Governors of the Interior to that effect. On the part of the French they agree to pay all expenses incurred. If the French wish to buy any merchandise in Cambodia they shall be permitted to do so with facility, the price of such merchan- dise to be arranged between the purchaser and seller.
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Art. XIX. This treaty being concluded, requires only the consent of the Emperor of the French by placing his seal on it. Three copies have been made. The King of Cambodia, Somdetch Ong Phra Norodom, has signed and sealed them, together with the French Commander-in-chief.
Dated Udong, 11th August, 1863.
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