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ORIENTAL COMMERCE. 



[Siam, 



** Vessels measuring from 14 to 25 cubits in the beam, pay 84 kwans 

 per cubit- Vessels measuring from 11 to 13 cubits, 54 kwans ; from 9 to 

 10 cubits, 42 kwans ; and from 7 to 8 cubits, 20 kwans a cubit. 



" For Sey-gun. — Vessels of Canton, Chu-Chao, Nam-bong, Wai-Cbao, 

 Su-heng, To-Kein, Chi-Kong, (Te-he-Kian), and the ships of European 

 nations, pay as follow: — 



" Vessels measuring from 14 to 25 cubits pay 140 kwans per cubit ; 

 from 11 to 13 cubits, 90 kwans; from 9 to 10 cubits, 70 kwans; and from 

 7 to 8 cubits, 35 kwans a cubit. 



" Fon the Port of Hax\ — Vessels of Canton, Chu-Chao, Nam-hong, 

 Wai-Chao, Su-heng, To-Kein, Chi-Kong, (Te-he-Kian), and the ships of 

 European nations, pay as follow : 



" Vessels measuring from 14 to 25 cubits in the beam, pay 112 kwans 

 a cubit; from 11 to 13 cubits, 72 kwans; from 9 to 10 cubits, 56 kwans; 

 and from 7 to 8 cubits, 28 kwans. 



" Export Duties. — Cardamums, pepper, cinnamon, ivory, rhinoce- 

 ros 1 horns, esculent birds -nests, sapan-wood, ebony, and rose-wood, pay a 

 duty on every 100 kwans. of five kwans. 



Wood for coffins or ship-building, pays a duty of 10 percent. 

 In passing the duties; Spanish dollars are received at the rate of one 

 kwan five mas, and the silver currency of Cochin-China at the rate of two 

 kwans and eight mas, for each ingot. Payment of the duties may be made 

 in silver, or in the zinc currency of the country, or partly in each, at the 

 option of the merchant. 



" Contraband Articles. — The exportation of the wood called tet-lan 

 (a fancy wood), and the wood nam (a perfumed wood, used by the rich in 

 making coffins), is prohibited. 



" The exportation of the gold and silver ingots of the country is also 

 prohibited ; as also of the seed called suk, rice, salt, copper, zinc coin, 

 agala wood. The carrying off* men and women from the country is also 

 prohibited. 



" Ships or vessels paying the duties at one of the ports enumerated, 

 are exempted during that voyage from the payment of duties at any other, 

 with the exception of export duties. This applies if they should stay a year 

 on the coast of Cochin China; provided that during that time they should 

 not visit any other foreign country. 



** Note by Government Secretary. — A Cochin-China cubit used in 

 measuring the ships and vessels for the tonnage duty, is equal to 16 inches 

 English." 



Coins. — The only currency of the country is a sort of cash, called 

 sappica, composed chiefly of tutenague, 600 making a quan ; this is divided 



