subject to the English, or at Bankok, or io any country 

 subject to the Siamese, must pay liie duties uyon com- 

 muice, according to the customs of the place or country 

 on either side, md huch mercbants, and the it\hu bit ants 

 of the country, shall be allowed to bay and sell without 

 the inlerveiitioii of other persons in such countrio*. Should 

 a Siamese or Engli>ih merchant have any complaint or 

 suit, he miistcompkin lo the Ofiicere and Govtinor^ on 

 either side and they will exHniinu and settle the sanie^ nc- 

 cording to the established k^^s of the pliice nr country t»Q 

 tiiher side, if a Siamese or English merchnnl buy or 

 &elt without enf^uiring and ascertninin-^ whether the 9*^11- 

 er or buyer be of a burl or grxorl char.icier, and if ht* nteet 

 with a brtd miiu, who takc^t theproptTiy and abamndsi ihe 

 rulera and Officers mnst make Ke;irch and produce the 

 person of ibe absconder^ nnd investigate the nmtLir with 

 sixicenty. If the party poh&ess money or properly, he 

 can be made to pay j but if they do wot posisesa any, or if 

 they cannot be apprehcodt'd, it will be the merchant's 

 own fauU. 



Article 7tb. A merchant, subiect to the Siamese or 

 English, going to trade in any Englij^h or Siiuntse coun- 

 try, and applying to build godowns or bourses, or to buy 

 or hire shops or houses, in which lo place bis merchftn- 

 dize, the Siamese or English Officers and Rulers shall 

 be at liberty to deny him pfirmission to stay. If they per- 

 mit him to stay, be ahall land and take up his re^iidence 

 according to such terms aamay be mutually agreed on : 

 and tb« Siamese or English Officers and Rulers will as- 

 sist and take proper care of him, preventing the inhnhil- 

 onts of the country from oppresbing htm, and preventing 

 him from oppressing the inhabitants of thecuuntry. When- 

 ever a Siamese or Enirliah merchant or subject, who has 

 nothing to detftin bim, requests permis--iif)ii lo leave tho 

 country, and to embark with his property on hoard of any 

 vesBfcl, he shall be allowed to do so with fae.ilily. 



Article 6 th, If a merchant desire to ^f*b and trade in 

 any place or country, belonging to the English or Siam- 

 ese, and hia ship, boat, orjunki meet with any iwjury 



