Swedish and Norwegian vessels shall enjoy all privileges and immunities which are or shall be granted to junks and to Siamese vessels themselves, as well as to the vessels of the most favored nations.

Art. XIX. The duties to be levied on merchandize imported by Swedish and Norwegian vessels into the kingdom. of Siam shall not exceed three per cent on their value. They shall be paid in kind or in money at the choice of the importers. If the importer cannot agree with the Siamese officer as to the value of the imported merchandize, a reference shall be made to the consul of Sweden aud Norway and a competent Siamese functionary, who, after having each called in for consultation one or two merchants as advisers, if they shall think it necessary, shall settle the difference according to justice.

After the payment of the said import duty of three per cent, the merchandize may be sold by wholesale or retail, free of any other tax or charge whatsoever. Should merchandize be landed and not sold, and be again shipped for exportation, the whole of the duties paid on them shall be reimbursed. No duty shall be levied on any cargo not sold. And no further duty, tax or charge shall be imposed or levied on such imported merchandize, when it has passed into the hands of Siamese purchasers.

Art. XX. The duties to be levied on Siamese produce, either before or at the time of shipment shall be according to tariff, annexed to the present treaty. Every article of produce subject by the tariff to duties of exportation shall be free of any duty of transit or any other duty in any part of the kingdom, and all Siamese produce which shall have been already taxed either for transit or for any other cause, shall be no more taxed either under the tariff hereto annexed, or in any way whatever before or at the time of shipment.

If there be any article not included in the said tariff, which is now or may be hereafter the produce of Siam and which is not subject to a duty or governmental charge of any kind, the Siamese Government shall have the right to levy a single tax or duty on such article, provided always that such tax or duty be moderate and reasonable.

The right of the Siamese Government is recognized to make such arrangements respecting the importation and sale in Siam of deleterious and dangerous articles as may be necessary for the protection of the public health and safety.

Art. XXI. On paying the duties as provided by the above mentioned tariff, which are not to be augmented in future, Swedish and Norwegian subjects shall be at liberty

to import into the kingdom of Siam from Sweden, Norway and foreign parts, and likewise to export for all destinations all goods, which on the day of the signing of the present treaty are not the subject of a formal prohibition or a special monopoly. The Siamese Government reserves to itself however the right of prohibiting the exportation of rice, fish and salt, whenever it shall find reason to apprehend a dearth in the country. But such prohibition, which must be published one month before being enforced, shall not interfere with the fulfilment of contracts made bona fide before its publication; Swedish and Norwegian merchants shall however inform the Siamese authorities of any bargains they have concluded previously to the prohibition. It shall also be permitted that ships which have arrived in Siam at the time of the publication of said prohibition or are on their way to Siam from Chinese ports or from Singapore, if they had left these ports before the prohibition to export could be known there , may be laden with rice for exportation. Specie, bullion, provisions and personal effects may be imported and exported free of duty. Should the Siamese Government hereafter reduce the duties on goods imported or exported in Siamese or other bottoms, Swedish and Norwegian vessels which import or export similar produce, shall immediately participate in the benefits accruing from such a reduction.

Art. XXII. The consular authorities of Sweden and Norway shall see that Swedish and Norwegian merchants and shipmasters conform themselves to the regulations annexed to the present treaty, and the Siamese authorities shall aid him to that end. All fines levied for infractions of the present treaty shall belong to the Siamese Government.

Art. XXIII. The Government of Sweden and Norway and Swedish and Norwegian subjects shall be allowed free and equal participation in any privileges that may have been or may hereafter be granted by the Siamese Government to the Government, citizens and subjects of any other nation.

Art. XXIV. After the lapse of twelve years from the date of the ratification of this treaty, upon the desire of either of the high contracting parties, and on twelve months notice thereof this treaty together with the tariff and regulations hereunto annexed, and those that may hereafter be introduced, shall be subject to revision by commissioners to be appointed on both sides for the purpose, with power to make such alterations, additions and amendments, as experience may prove to be desirable.

Art. XXV. Should any question or controversy arise between the High Contracting Parties which is not settled

by amicable diplomatic intercourse or correspondance it is hereby agreed that the settlement of such question or controversy shall be referred to the arbitration of a friendly neutral power to be chosen by common accord and that the result of such arbitration shall be accepted by the High Contracting Parties as a final decision.

Art. XXVI. This treaty shall take effect immediately, and the ratification of the same shall be exchanged in London within eighteen months from the date thereof.

London May the Eighteenth 1868.

Hochschild.

John Bowring.

General Regulations under which Swedish and Norwegian trade is to be conducted in Siam.

Regulation 1. The master of every Swedish or Norwegian ship coming to Bangkok to trade, must, either before or after entering the river, as may be found convenient, report the arrival of his vessel at the custom-house at Paknam, together with the number of his crew and guns, and the port from whence he comes. Upon anchoring his vessel at Paknam he will deliver into the custody of the custom-house officers all his guns and ammunition, and a custom-house officer will then be appointed to the vessel, and will proceed in her to Bangkok.

Reg. 2. A vessel passing Paknam without discharging her guns and ammunition as directed in the foregoing regulation will be sent back to Paknam to comply with its provisions, and will be liable to a fine not exceeding 800 ticals, for having so disobeyed. After delivery of her guns and ammunition she will be permitted to return to Bangkok to trade.

Reg. 3. When a Swedish or Norwegian vessel shall have cast anchor at Bangkok, the master, unless a holyday should intervene, will within four and twenty hours after arrival, proceed to the Swedish and Norwegian Consulate and there deposit his ship's papers, bills of lading etc., together with a true manifest of his import cargo and upon the consul reporting these particulars to the custom-house, permission to break bulk will at once be given by the latter.

For neglecting so to report his arrival, or for presenting a false manifest, the master will subject himself, in each instance, to a penalty not exceeding 400 ticals; but he will be allowed to correct, within twenty-four hours after delivery of it to the consul, any mistake he may discover in his manifest, without incurring any penalty.

Reg. 4. A Swedish or Norwegian vessel breaking bulk and commencing to discharge, before due permission shall be obtained, or smuggling either when in the river, or outside the bar, shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding 800 ticals, and confiscation of the goods so smuggled or discharged.

Reg. 5. As soon as a Swedish or Norwegian vessel shall have discharged her cargo, and completed her outward lading, paid all her duties, and delivered a true manifest of her outward cargo, to the Swedish and Norwegian consul, a Siamese port-clearance shall

be granted her on application from the consul, who in the absence of any legal impediment to her departure, will then return to the master his ship's papers and allow the vessel to leave. A customhouse officer will accompany the vessel to Paknam and on arriving there she will be inspected by the custom-house officers of that station and will receive from them the guns and ammunition previously delivered into their charge.

Reg. 6. All custom-house officers shall carry a badge, by which they can be distinguished, when acting officially, and only two custom-house officers shall be allowed onboard a Swedish or Norwegian vessel at one time, unless a greater number should be required, to effect the seizure of smuggled goods.

London May the Eighteenth 1868.

Hochschild.

John Bowring.

Tariff of export and inland duties to be levied on

articles of trade.

Section I. The undermentioned articles shall be entirely free from inland or other taxes, on production or transit, and shall pay export duty as follows:

Section II. The undermentioned articles being subject to the inland or transit duties herein named, and which shall not be increased, shall be exempt from export duty:

Section III. All goods or produce unenumerated in this tariff shall be free of export duty, and shall only be subject to one inland tax or transit duty, not exceeding the rate now paid.

London May the Eighteenth 1868.

Hochschild.

John Bowring.