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cd fifteen hundred (15Q0) Ticals for eacli Siamese f<iilmra 

 in breadth. 



No iinport, export or other duty shnll be levied upon 

 the buyers or sylJers, frojii oi" to English Bubjects. 



Article 2d* Merchant vessels, the property of RiK^lieh 

 subjects, arrivinff ofl^ the bur, must 6r««l anchor and slop 

 there, and the commander of the vessel most dtspalch a 

 person^ with an account of the cargo, and a return of iha 

 people, gune, shot and powder, on board the vessel, for 

 the infortimtton of ihe Governor, at the mouth of the ri- 

 ver; who will send a Pdnt and Interpreter, to convey tlie 

 eslablkhed regulations to the commander of i!ie vessel. 

 Upon the Pilot biingin^ the vessel over the bar, she niuat 

 anchor and stop below the chokey, which the Interpreter 

 will point out. 



Article Sd. The proper officfir will go on bnard the 

 vessel, and examine lier thoroughly, and after the ^nns, 

 shot and powder, bave been removed and deposited at 

 Paknam, (Post at the mouth o( the Mcenam) the Gover- 

 nor of Paknaiu will permit the vessel to pass up to Bang- 

 kok. 



Article 4th. Upon the veissel'S an'ivin^ at Bangkok, the 

 Officers of the customs will go on board and examine her, 

 open the hold, and take an account of whatevttr cargo 

 may be on board, and after the breadth of the vessel baa 

 been measured and ascertained, the merchants will be 

 allowed to buy and sell accord in^; to the first article of 

 .this ugreemenL Should a vessel, upon receiving an ex- 

 port cargo, find that she cannot cross the bar with the 

 whole, and that she must hire cargo boats to take down 

 a portion of the cargo, the Oflicers of the customs and 

 Chokeys, shall not charge any further duty upon such 

 cargo boats. 



Article 5ih, Whenever a vessel or cargo-boat completes 

 bcr lading the commander of the vessel must go and ask 

 Choa Phva Phra Khlang for a Port clearnnce, and if 

 there be no cause for detention Chon Phya Phra Khlang 

 shall deliver the Port clearance without delay. When 



