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บนั ทกึ รายวัน ของ เซอร์ จอหน์ เบารงิ
และสนธิสญั ญาเบาริง

of duty shall be allowed upon goods found unsaleable and
re-exported. Should the British merchant and the Custom-House
officers disagree as to the value to be set upon imported articles,
such disputes shall be referred to the Consul and proper Siamese
officer, shall each have the power to call in and equal number
of merchants as assessors, not exceeding two on either side, to
assist them in coming to an equitable decision.

Opium may be imported free of duty, but can only be sold
to the opium farmer or his agents. In the event of no arrangement
being effected with them for the sale of the opium, it shall be
re-exported, and no impost or duty shall be levied thereon. Any
infringement of this regulation shall subject the opium to seizure
and confiscation.

Articles of export, from the time of production to the date
of shipment shall payeme impost only, whether this be levied
under the name of inland tax, transit duty, or duty on exportation.
The tax or duty to be paid on each article of Siamese produce
previous to or upon exportation, is specified in the Tariff attached
to this Treaty; and it is distinctly agreed that goods or produce
which pay any description of tax in the interior, shall be exempted
from any further payment of duty on exportation.

English merchants are to be allowed to purchase directly
form the producer the articles in which they trade, and in like
manner to sell their goods directly to the parties wishing to

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