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Ion, QttedSt and other Siamese Provinces:'* S;c, 



Here we find a flat acknowledgement on the 

 very threshold, of Kedah's being either a country 

 or a province of Siam, "although the construe - 

 tion and punctoation of the sentence leave m at 

 a loss to know where the countries" ternainate, 

 and where the *' provmces** begin " 



It is unnecessary to repeat that, up to the peri- 

 od of this memorable Treaty, Siam herself never 

 claimed Kedah as a " province;' and the coun- 

 try* undoubtedly never was Siamese, 



"Article 13th, Thq Siamese engage to the 

 ** English that the Siamese shall remain in Que- 

 ** da, and take proper care of that country and 

 *' of its people; the inhabitants of Prince of 

 " Wales's Island and of Queda shall have trade 

 and intercourse as heretofore ; the Siamese shall 

 levy no duty upon stock and provisions, such as, 

 " cattle, buffaloes, poultry, fish, paddy, and rice^ 

 which the inhabitants of Prince of Wales s Is- 

 ** land, or ships there, may have occasion to 

 " purchase in Queda, and the Siamese shall not 

 "farm the mouths of rivers, of any streams, in 

 " Queda, butshalllevy fair and proper import and 

 export duties. The Siamase further engage 

 " that, when Chou Phya, of Ligore, returns from 

 *• Bankok, he shall release the slaves, personal 

 " servants, family, and kindred belonging to the 

 " former Governor of Quecla, and permit them to 

 *' go and live wherever they please. The En- 

 glish engage to the Siamese that the English 

 do not desire to take possession of Queda, 

 that they will not attack or di!>turb it, nor per- 

 " mit the former Governor of Queda, or any of 



