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and attested by their Escellencies the Ministeis, and by 

 Captain Burney. One copy Captain Burney will take 

 for the rytificaiion cl'tbe Governor of Bengal and one 

 copy, beuriii*r the Hoyal seal, Choti Phya, of Ligore, will 

 take and place at Qut;<b« Captain BtiiDoy appoiiiU to 

 return to Prince of Wales tsUndi in sevea monihi$, in the 

 sec<>iid mmn of llie y(*ar D012; H. and to exchange the ra- 

 tificttiion of Uiis trtuty xwih Pljra Phrakdi bon-rak at 

 Qntdu. The Siamese and Eiig^hsli will forni a friendtfhip 

 t'uat be perpetuiiicd, that shall know no end or iti- 

 ttrrupiion, a» louj^ as hL-nven and earih endure, 



Their Bxcellericies the Mill isiers and Captain Barney, 

 having settled u treaty of friaiidsihip consiJiting of fourteim 

 article!*^ uow fin me the tbliovving Qirreenit-nl, with respect 

 to English vessels, desiring to corae and trade in the ciiy 

 of the Bucred and great kingdom of Si-a-yoo-tlia-ya. 

 (Ban ilk ok). 



Article Ut. Vessels, belonging to tlie subjecte of the 

 Eniilish Government, whether Europeans or Asiatics, de- 

 siring to come and trade atBan«^kok, must conform to the 

 established biws of Siam in every particular. • Merchants, 

 coming lo B?ingkok, nre prtihibiled from purchasing pad- 

 dy or ncdf for the purpose of exporting the same mer- 

 chandize, and, if they inipott Ore amis, shut, or giin-pow- 

 der, they are prohibited from selhng them to any party, 

 but to the Government, Sliotild the Government not re- 

 quire such fire arms, shot, or gun-powder, the merchants 

 must re-export the whole of them. With exception of 

 sucli warlike fetores, and paddy and rice, mercliauts, sub- 

 jects of the Eiighfeh and murtdiants at Bangkok, may buy 

 and seil without the intervention of any other person, and 

 with treedom and fiicility. Merchants, .coming to trade, 

 shall piiy at once the whole of the duties and char[;es, 

 consolidated accordin«r to tite breadth of the vessel. 



If the vessel brin«: an import car^o, she shiiH be charg- 

 ed Bcventeeu hundred, (1700) Ticats fur each Siameae fa* 

 thorn in breadth. 



If the vessel bring no import carg^, she shall be charg- 



