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TARIFF OF DUTIES—SIAM
Art. IX.-Any British subject who entices a seaman or apprentice to desert, incurs, according to the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, paragraph 257, a penalty not exceeding ten pounds; or any such subject who wilfully harbours or secretes a person deserted from his ship incurs a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, if it be proved that he had knowledge of his being a deserter.
In default of the payment of such fines, the offender is to be imprisoned in the Consular gaol for any term not exceeding three months, with or without hard labour,
Art. X-All cases of death, and especially of sudden death, occurring on board of British vessels in the port of Bangkok must be immediately reported at the Consulate.
Art. XI.—The discharge of guns from vessels anchored in the port of Bangkok, without notice having been previously given, and permission obtained through H.M. Consul from the proper Siamese authority, is forbidden, under a penalty not exceed- ing ten pounds.
Act. XII.-It is strictly prohibited to shoot birds within the precincts of the Wats or Temples, either in Bangkok or elsewhere within the Siamese dominions, or to injure or damage any of the statues or figures, the trees or shrubs in such localities of Siamese worship; any British subject or seaman of a British vessel guilty of such an act renders himself liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty pounds, or in default thereof to an imprisonment in the Consular gaol for a period of not more than one month.
Art. XIII. When a vessel under the British flag is ready to leave the port of Bangkok, the master will give notice at the Consulate office, and hoist a blue peter twenty-four hours before departure, which is to fly until she breaks anchorage.
Art. XIV. Should any vessel take in or discharge cargo subsequent to the issue of the Siamese port clearance, as directed by the fifth regulation above quoted, the master, as in a case of smuggling, subjects himself to a penalty of 800 ticals (equal to £100), and goods so taken or discharged will be liable to confiscation.
Art. XV.—Every fine or penalty levied under these regulations is (if not paid in sterling money) at the rate of eight ticals Siamese currency for one pound.
Tariff of Esport and Inland Duties to be levied on Articles of Trade
I. The undermentioned Articles shall be entirely free from Inland or other taxes, on production of transit pass, and shall pay Export Duty as follows:-
1 Ivory
2 Giamboge
3 Rhinoceros' horns
4 Cardamous, best.....
6 Cardamons, bastard
6 Dried mussels
7 Pelicans' quills
9
Betel nut, dried
Krachi wood.
10 Sharks' fins, white...
11 Sharks' fins, black.....
12 Lukkraban seed
13
Peacocks' tails
14
Buffalo and cow boues
15
Rhinoceros' hides
16 Hide cuttings
17 Turtle shell
13 Soft ditto
19 Beche-de-mer
20 Fish maws
21
Birds' nests, uncleaned
22 Kingfishers' feathers
23 Cutch
21 Beyche seed (Nur Vomica)
25 Pungtarai seed
26 Gam Benjamin
Angrai bark.
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