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บนั ทกึ รายวนั ของ เซอร์ จอหน์ เบาริง
และสนธิสัญญาเบารงิ

duty of 1,700 ticals per fathom included the fees of the various
officers; but as this measurement duty has now been abolished,
the Siamese wish to levy on each native boat taking cargo out
to sea a fee of 8 ticals 2 salungs, this being the charge paid by
Siamese traders; and Mr. Parkes undertakes to submit this point
to the consideration of Her Majesty’s Minister Plenipotentiary to
the Court of Siam.

ARTICLE II
On the exclusive Jurisdiction of the Consul over British Subjects

The IInd Article of the Treaty stipulates that:- “Any disputes
arising between British and Siamese subjects shall be heard and
determined by the Consul in conjunction with the proper Siamese
officers; and criminal offenders will be punished, in the case of
English offenders, by the Consul according to English laws, and,
in the case of Siamese offenders, by their own laws, through
the Siamese authorities; but the Consul shall not interfere in
any matters referring solely to Siamese, neither will the Siamese
authorities interfere in questions which only concern the subjects
of Her Britannic Majesty.”

On the non-interference of the Consul with the Siamese,
or of Siamese with British subjects, the said Royal Commissioners
desire, in the first place, to state that while, for natural reasons,

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