The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-24 00:00:00

ARTICLE IV.

British subjects are permitted to trade freely in all the
seaports of Siam, but may reside permanently only at
Bangkok, or within the limits assigned by this treaty.
British subjects coming to reside at Bangkok may runt
land, and buy or build houses, but cannot purchase lands
within a circuit of 200 sem (not more than four miles
English) from the city walls, until they shall have
lived in Siam for ten years, or shall obtain especial au-
thority from the Siamese Government to enable them to
do so. But with the exception of this limitation, Bri-
tish residents in Siam may at any time buy or rent
houses, lands, or plantations, situated anywhere within a
distance of 24 hours' journey from the city of Bangkok,
to be computed by the rate at which boats of the
country can travel. In order to obtain possession of
such lands or houses, it will be necessary that the British
subject shall, in the first place, make application through
the Consul to the proper Siamese officer ; and the
Siamese officer and the Consul having satisfied them-
selves of the honest intentions of the applicant, will assist
him imaattling,, opou equitable terms, t49.-amonat!of the
purchase-money, will mark out and•fia#ebounclittictikefe
the property, and will convey the same tw the British
purchaser under sealed deeds. Whereupon he and his
property shall be placed under the protection of the Go-
vernor of Ithe district and that of the particular local
authorities ; he shall conform in ordinary matters to any
just directions given him by them, and will be subject
to the same taxation that is levied on Siamese subjects.
But if, through negligence, the want of capital, or other
cause, a British subject should fail to commence the cul-
tivation or improvement of the lands so acquired
within a term of three years from the date of receiving
possession thereof, the Siamese Government shall have
the power of resuming the property, upon returning to
the British subject the purchase money paid by him for
the same.

ARTICLE V.
All British subjects intending to reside in Siam
shall be registered at the British Consulate. They
shall not go out to sea, nor proceed beyond the
limits assigned by this treaty for the residence of Bri-
tish subjects, without a passport from the Siamese autho-
rities, to be applied for by the British Consul ; nor shall
they leave Siam, if the Siamese authorities show to the
British Consul that legitimate objections exist as to their
quitting the country. But within the limits appointed
under the preceding article, British subjects are at
liberty to travel to and fro under the protection of a pass,
to be furnished them by the British Consul, and coun
ter-sealed by the proper Siamese officer, stating, in the
Siamese character, their names, calling, and descrip-
tion. The Siamese officers at the Government stations
in the interior may, at any time, call for the production
of this pass, and immediately on its being exhibited,
they must allow the parties to proceed ; but it will be
their duty to detain those parties who, by travelling
without a pass from the Consul, render themselves lia-
ble to the suspicion of their being deserters ; and such
detention shall be immediately reported to the Consul.