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ARTICLE IX
On the subsequent Taxation of Articles now free from Duty

Mr. Parkes agrees with the said Royal Commissioners
that whenever the Siamese Government deem it to be beneficial
for the country to impose a single tax or duty on any article not
now subject to a public charge of any kind, they are at liberty to
do so, provided that the said tax be just and reasonable.

ARTICLE X
On the Boundaries of the Four-Mile Circuit

It is stipulated in the IVth Article of the Treaty, that
“British subjects coming to reside at Bangkok, may rent land and
buy or build houses, but cannot purchase lands within a circuit
of 200 sen (not more than 4 miles English) from the city walls,
until they shall have lived in Siam for ten years, or shall obtain
special authority from the Siamese Government to enable them
to do so.”
The points to which this circuit extends, due north, south,
east and west of the city, and the spot where it crosses the river
below Bangkok, have accordingly been measured by officers on the
part of the Siamese and English; and their measurements, having
been examined and agreed to by the said Royal Commissioners

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