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บันทึกรายวนั ของ เซอร์ จอหน์ เบาริง
และสนธสิ ญั ญาเบาริง

of the prohibition, and that British subjects who may previously
obtain special permission from the Siamese authorities to export
a certain quantity of rice which they have already purchased, may
do so even after the prohibition comes in force. Mr. Parkes also
requests that the export duty on paddy should be half of that on
rice, namely, 2 ticals per koyan.

The said Royal Commissioners having in view the fact that
rice forms the principal sustenance of the nation, stipulate that on
the breaking out of war or rebellion, the Siamese may prohibit
the trade in rice, and may enforce the prohibition so long as the
hostilities thus occasioned shall continue. If a dearth should be
apprehended on account of the want or excess of rain, the Consul
will be informed one month previous to the enforcement of the
prohibition. British merchants who obtain the Royal permission,
upon the issue of the proclamation, to export a certain quantity
of rice which they have already purchased, may do so, irrespec-
tive of the prohibition to the contrary; but those merchants who
do not obtain the Royal permission will not be allowed, when
the prohibition takes effect, to export the rice they may already
have purchased. The prohibition shall be removed as soon as the
cause of its being imposed shall have ceased to exist.

Paddy may be exported on payment of a duty of 2 ticals
per koyan, or half the amount levied on rice.

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