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(Signed,) His Royal Highness

(L.S.) Krom HLuang Wongsa Dhiraj Snidh.

(Signed,) His Excellency

(L.S.) Somdetch Chau Phya Param Maha Bijai-Neate.

(Signed,) His Excellency

(L.S.) Chau Phya Sri Suriwongse Samuha Phra Kalahom.

(Signed,) His Excellency

(L.S.) Chau Phaya Phra Klang.

(Signed,) His Excellency

(L.S.) Chau Phya Yomraj.

(Signed,) His Excellency

(L.S.) Harry S. Parkes.
Approved,
John Bowring.

Schedule of Taxes on Garden-ground, Plantations,
or other Lands.

Section 1. — Trenched or Raised Lands planted with the following eight sorts of Fruit-trees, are subject to the long assessment, which is calculated on the trees grown on the Land (and not on the land itself); and the amount to be collected annually by the proper officers, and paid by them into the Royal Treasury, is endorsed on the Title Deeds or official certificate of tenure.

1. Betel-nut Trees.

1st. class. Mark ek height of Stem from three to four fathoms,
pay per tree, 138 Cowries.
2nd. class. Mark to height of Stem from three to six fathoms,
pay per tree, 128 Cowries.
3rd. class. Mark tri height of Stem from three to eight fathoms,
pay per tree, 118 Cowries.
4th. class. Mark pakarai trees just commencing to bear, pay per
tree, 128 Cowries.
5th. class. Mark lek height of Stem from one Sok, and upwards,
to size of 4th class, pay per tree, 50 Cowries.