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TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND SIAM

(3.) All persons of Asiatic descent, born within the Queen's dominions, or naturalized within the United Kingdom, or born within the territory of any Prince or State in India under the suzerainty of, or in alliance with, the Queen,

Except natives of Upper Burmah or the British Shan States who became domiciled in Siam before January 1st, 1886.

(4.) All children born in Siam of persons entitled to be registered under the third category.

No grandchildren born in Siam of persons mentioned in the third category are entitled to be registered for protection in Siam.

(5.) The wives and widows of any persons who are entitled to be registered under the foregoing categories.

Art. II. The lists of such registration shall be open to the inspection of a properly authorizel Representative of the Siamese Government on proper notice being given.

Art. III.—If any question arises as to the right of any person to hold a British certificate of registration or as to the validity of the certificate itself, a joint inquiry shall be held by the British and Siamese authorities and decided according to the conditions laid down in this Agreement, upon evidence to be adduced by the holder of the certificate, in the usual way.

Art. IV. Should any action, civil or criminal, be pending while such inquiry is: going on, it shall be determined conjointly in what Court the case shall be heard.

Art. V.--If the person, in respect of whom the inquiry is held, come within the conditions for registration laid down in Article I, he may, if not yet registered, forthwith be registered as a British subject and provided with a certificate of registration at Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate; otherwise he shall be recognized as falling under Siamese jurisdiction, and, if already on the lists of Her Britannic Majesty's Consulate, his name shall be erased.

In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same in duplicate and have affixed thereto their seals at Bangkok, on the 29th day of November, 1899, of the Christian era, corresponding to the 118th year of Ratanakosindr.

[SEAL.] [SEAL.]

(Signed) (Signed)

GEORGE GREVILLE.

DEVAWONGSE VAROPRAKAR.

FRANCE

TREATY AND CONVENTION BETWEEN FRANCE AND SIAM

SIGNED AT BANGKOK, 3RD OCTOBER, 1893

Treaty

Art. I. The Siamese Government renounces all pretension to the whole of the territories on the left bank of the Mekong and to the islands in the river.

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Art. II. The Siamese Government undertakes not to place or navigate any armed boats or vessels on the waters of the great Tonle-Sap Lake, the Mekong, or their tributaries situated in the territory indicated in the next article.

Art. III.-The Siamese Government will construct no fortified post or military establishment in the provinces of Battambang and Siem-Reap or within a radius of 15 miles from the right bank of the Mekong.

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