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บันทกึ รายวนั ของ เซอร์ จอห์น เบารงิ
และสนธสิ ัญญาเบาริง

agree that the passports to be given to British subjects travelling
beyond the limits assigned by the treaty for the residence of
British subjects, together with the passes for cargo-boats and the
port-clearances of British ships, shall be issued within 24 hours
after formal application for the same shall have been made to
the proper Siamese authorities; but if reasonable cause should
at any time exist for delaying or withholding the issue of any of
these papers, the Siamese authorities must at once communicate
it to the Consul.

Passports for British subjects travelling in the interior,
and the port-clearances of British ships, will be granted by the
Siamese authorities free of charge.

ARTICLE VI
On the Prohibition of the Exportation of Rice, Salt and

Fish, and on the Duty on Paddy

The VIIIth Article of the Treaty stipulates, that “whenever
a scarcity may be apprehended of salt, rice and fish, the Siamese
Government reserve to themselves the right of prohibiting by
public proclamation the exportation of these articles.”

Mr. Parkes, in elucidation of this clause, desires an agree-
ment to this effect, namely, that a month’;s notice shall be given
by the Siamese authorities to the Consul, prior to the enforcement

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