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บันทกึ รายวนั ของ เซอร์ จอห์น เบาริง
และสนธสิ ญั ญาเบาริง

to the English, will be allowed to do so freely overland and by
water, upon the English furnishing them with proper certificates.”

Mr. Parkes, however, desires that all British subjects,
without exception, shall be allowed to participate in this overland
trade. The said Royal Commissioners therefore agree, on the part
of the Siamese, that all traders, under British rule, may cross from
the British territories of Mergui, Tavoy, Ye, Tenasserim, Pegu, or
other places, by land or by water, to the Siamese territories, and
may trade there with facility, on the condition that they shall be
provided by the British authorities with proper certificates, which
must be renewed for each journey.

The commercial agreement annexed to the old Treaty
is abrogated by the new Treaty, with the exception of the
undermentioned clauses of Articles I and IV.

Of Article I the Siamese desire to retain the following
clause:

“British merchants importing fire-arms, shot or
gunpowder, are prohibited from selling them to any party but the
Government. Should the Government not require such fire-arms,
shot, or gunpowder, the merchants must re-export the whole of
them.”

Article IV stipulates that no charge or duty shall be levied
on boats carrying cargo to British ships at the bar. The Siamese
desire to cancel this clause, for the reason that the old measurement

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