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บันทึกรายวนั ของ เซอร์ จอห์น เบารงิ
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ARTICLE I
On the old Treaty concluded in 1826

The Articles of the old Treaty not abrogated by the new
Treaty, are I, II, III, VIII, XI, XII, XIII, and XIV, and the under-
mentioned clauses of Articles VI and X:

In Article VI the Siamese desire to retain the following
clause:

“If a Siamese or English merchant buy or sell, without
inquiring and ascertaining whether the seller or buyer be of a
good or bad character, and if he meet with a bad man, who takes
the property and absconds, the rulers and officers on either side
must make search and endeavour to produce the property of the
absconder, and investigate the matter with sincerity. If the party
possess money or property, he can be made to pay; but if he
does not possess any, or if he cannot be apprehended, it will
be the merchant’s own fault, and the authorities cannot be held
responsible.”

Of Article X, Mr. Parkes desires to retain that clause
relating to the overland trade, which states:

“Asiatic merchants of the English countries, not being
Burmese, Pegouans, or descendants of Europeans, desiring to enter
into and to trade with the Siamese dominions, from the countries
of Mergui, Tavoy, Tenasserim, and Ye, which are now subject

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