File 3939/1926 Pt 2 'PUBLICATIONS: REVISION OF AITCHISON'S TREATIES BHUTAN, KASHGAR, NEPAL, SIAM AND TIBET SECTIONS.' [‎263r] (313/524)

SIAM—NO. XIV—1902.
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.hall be procured £rom Bangkok, and shall bear the effigy „f the King 0 £ Siam
but they shall be issued solely by the Raja King of and the revenue derived
rom them shall accrue solely to the State of The Raja King further under-
akes not to grant to any Company or private individual any privileges for the
construction of railways in . Jreiant ' tn wifhnnt -t-t. ^ P IOr the
„ . . , ^ Trl ~La ~i wlt “out the written consent of His Siamese
Majesty s Government. Th.s stipulation, however, shall not apply to private
hues of railway constructed by the owners of concessions which have been granted
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Nothing in this Agreement i, intended to curtail any of the power, or authority
now held by the Raja King of ^~ u ~, nor does it alter, otherwise than as provided
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Mljetyt GotZut 8 re ' 4 ‘ i0 ° 8 n ° W eii9tin8 b9tWe “ th9 Rai “ ‘ nd His
Ihe undersigned, H.s Britannic Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
as the honour to make the following communication to Phya Sri Sahadeb, Special
tv? cr ° a ^ est ^ t ^ e Siam, in regard to the Agreements relative to
the Siamese Dependencies of Kelantan and Trengganu, the terms of which
have been arranged between His Britannic Majesty’s Government and that of Hup
Siamese Majesty :—
The British Government, having throughout these negotiations been actuated
y he same sincere desire to respect the Treaty rights of His Majesty the King
ot Siam in the Malay Peninsula and to promote the stability and security of the
mgdom of Siam and its Dependencies that has hitherto characterized the policy
o Great Britain, undertake to instruct their Representatives in the Malay Penin
sula to use their influence to secure the peaceful adoption by the Rajas of Kelantan
au Lrengganu of the draft Agreement, on the understanding that the Siamese
overnment, on their part, will strictly observe its terms and instruct their
officers to faithfully carry them out.
a lie undersigned thinks it right, however, to observe that, in order to insure
e successful working of the Agreements and having in view the immediate pro
pinquity of the Malay States under British protection to the two States in question,
it wi bo essential that the officials appointed to be the Advisers and Assistant
Advisers of the Rajas, as mentioned in Article 2 of the Agreement, shall be of
British nationality, and that the concurrence of His Britannic Majesty’s Govern
ment should be confidentially obtained for their selection, removal, and the renewal
of their appointments.
Foreign Office ;
The 6th October 1902.
Lansdowne.