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ARTICLE X rir.

The Siamese engage to the English that the Siamese
shall remain in Queda and take proper care of that coun-
try, and of its people; the inhabitants of Prince of Wales'
Island and of Queda shall have trade and intercourse as
heretofore ; the Siamese shall levy no duty upon stock
ani provisions, such as cattle, buffaloes, poultry, fish,
•,:rddy, and rice, which the inhabitants of Prince of
Wales' Island or ships there may have occasion to purchase
in Queda; and the Siamese shall not farm the months of
rivers or any streams in Queda, but shall levy fair and
proper import and export duties. The Siamese further
engage, that when Chao Phya of Ligor returns from
Bangkok, he shall release the slaves, personal servants,
family, and kindred belonging to the former Governor
of Qneda, and permit them to go and live wherever
they please. The English engage to the Siamese, that the
English do not desire to take possession of Queda, that
they will not attack or disturb it, nor permit the former
Governor of Queda, or any of his followers, to attack, dis-
turb, or injure in any manner the territory of Queda, or
any other territory subject to Siam. The English engage
that they will make arrangements for the former Governor
of Queda to go and live iu some other country, and not at
Prince of Wales' Island or Frye, or in Perak, Salengore,
or any Burmese country. If the English do not let the
former Governor of Queda go and live in some other
country, as here engaged, the Siamese may continue to levy
an expert duty upon paddy and rice in Queda. The Eng-
li-11 will not prevent any Siamese, Chinese, or other
A.,i tics at Prince of Wales' Island from going to reside
in Queda if they desire it. •
ARTICLE XIV.

The Siamese and English mutually engage that the Ra-
j CI of Perak shall govern his country according to his own
S iould he desire to send the gold and silver flowers
to Siam as heretofore, the English will not prevent him
doing as he may desire. If Chao Phya of Ligor desire to
Emicl down to Perak, with friendly intentions forty (40) or
fifty (50) men, whether Siamese, Chinese, or other Asiatic
suc-j.,ots of Siam, or if the Rajah of Perak desire to send
any of his ministers or officers to seek Chao Phya of
Ligar, the English shall not forbid them. The Siamese
or English shall not send any force to go and molest,
attac':, or disturb Perak. Toe English will not allow
Vie State of Salengore to 'attack or disturb Perak,
and the Siamese shall not go and attack cr disturb
Saleng tre. The arrangements stipulated in these two last
articles respecting Perak and Queda, Chao Phya of Ligor
shall execute as soon as he returns kerne from Bangkok.
The 14 articles of this treaty let the great and subordi-
nate Siamese and English officers, together with every
gr,at and small province, heat, receive, and obey without
I cll. Their excellencies the ministers of high rank at
B sngkok, and Captain Henry Burney, whom the Right
lion. Lord Amherst, Governor of Bengal, deputed as an
envoy to represent his lordship, framed this treaty toge-
ther in the presence of Prince Krom Moan Soorin Thir-
aksa, in the city of the sacred and great Kingdom of Si-a-
yoo-tha-ya.
The treaty, written in the Siamese, Malayan, and Eng-
hill languages, was concluded.on Tuesday, the first day of
the seventh decreasing 'peon, 1188, year dog 8, according
to the Siamese aara, corresponding with the twentieth day
of June, 1826, of the European wra.
Both copies of the treaty are sealed and attested by
their Excellencies the ministers, and by Captain Henry
Burney. One copy Captain %enry Burney will take for
the ratification of the Governor of Bengal ; and one copy,
hearing the royal seal, Chao Phya of Ligor will take and
place at Queda. Captain Barney appipints to return to
Prince cf Wales' Island in seven months, in the second
moon of the year dog 8, and to exchange the ratifications
of this treaty with Phra Phak-di-Boii-rak, at Queda.
Tie Siamese and English shall form a friendship that shall
b 3 perpetuated, that shall know no end or interruption as
long as Heaven and Earth endure.

......
~, (A_ literal translation from the Siamese.)
• , (Signed) H. BURNEY, Captain,
(Kin ; Envoy to the Court of Siam.
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of Bin.m's (Signed) AMHERST. (L.S.)
Seal.) .
Ratified by tha Right Honourable the Governor-Gene-
rhl, in camp at Agra, this seventeenth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.
By command of the Governor-General,
(Signed) A. STIRLING,
Secretary to Government,
In attendance on the Governor-Galeria.

COIIMER.CIAL AGREEMENT ANNEXED TO TUE
'.CREN'CY OF -1826.

TLir Excelle►icies the Ministers and Captain Henry
Barney having settled a treaty of friendship, consisting of
fourteen articles, now frame the following agreement with
respect to English vessels .dosiring to come and trade in
the city of the sacred and great kingdom of Si-a-yoo•tha-ya,
(Bangkok.)
ARTICLE I.

Vessels belonging to the English Government, whether
Europeans or Asiatics, desiring to come and trade at
Bangkok, rust conform to the established laws of Siam in
every partrcular. Merchants coming to Bangkok are pro.
hibited from purchasing paddy or rice for the purpose of
exporting the same as merchandise; and if they import
fire-arms shot, or gunpowder, they are prohibited from
sellingthem to any party but the government. Should
the Government not require such fire-arms, shot, or gun-
powder, the merchants must re-export the whole of them.
With exception to such warlike stores, and paddy and
rico, merchants subjects of the English, and merchants at
Bangkok may buy and sell without the intervention of any
other person, and with freedom and facility. Merchants
coming to trade shall pay at once the whole of the duties
a nd charges consolidated according to the breadth of the
vessel.

If the vessel bring au import cargo, she ehall be charged

sevente en hundred (1,700) ticals for each Siamese fathom
in breadth.

If tho vessel bring no important cargo, she shall be
charged fifteen hundred (1,500) ticals for each Siamese
fathom i n breadth.

No import, export, or other duty shall be levied upon
the buyers or sellers from or to English subjects.

ARTICLE 11.

Merchant vessels, the propertyof English subjects, ar-
riving off the bar, must first anchor and stop there, and
the commander of tho vessel must despatch a perso❑ with
an account of the cargo, and a return of the people, guns,
shot, and powder, on board the vessel, for the information
of the Governor, at t'ne mouth of the river, who will send
a pilot and interpreter to convey the established regula-
tions to the commander of the vessel. Upon the pilot
bringing the vessel, over the bar, she must anchor and stop
below the chokey, which the interpreter will point out.

ARTICLE 111.
The proper officers will go on board the vessel and ex-
amine her thoroughly; and after the guns, shot, and pow-
der have been removed and deposited at Paknam (port at
tho mouth of the Menam), the Governor of Paknam will
permit the vessel to pass up to Bangkok.