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SIMMONDS’S
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Fix this textNOTES ON THE COMMERCE OF SIAM.
Fix this textBY THE EDITOR OP THE “ SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.”
Fix this textIt appears to us that too little attention has hitherto been given by-
Fix this textBritish merchants to the capabilities of Siam for a large and profitable
Fix this textcommercial intercourse. The trade with Siam, as far as regards British
Fix this textpossessions, has been generally in the hands of one or two Europeans,
Fix this textand some native merchants from Bombay, and no attempt has hitherto,
Fix this textas far as we are aware, been made to give it a wider and more general
Fix this textcharacter, or to test its capacity for an increase both of consumption and
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Fix this textroom for expansion in Siam, and that there is wanting a greater
Fix this textattention from European merchants, and a better tariff, to allow of Siam
Fix this textassuming a much more important place in the commercial scale of nations
Fix this textthan that which she at present occupies. Impressed with this conviction,
Fix this textwe have hitherto taken every opportunity we could find, as well to
Fix this textexhibit the present aspect of commerce in Siam, as to show by what
Fix this textmeans and to what extent it might be improved; and it is with this
Fix this textobject that we now avail ourselves of the kindness of a friend well
Fix this textacquainted with the subject, who has placed a few rough notes at our
Fix this textdisposal, and which will enable us once more to state a few facts and
Fix this textmake a few observations upon the commerce of Siam. Unlike Japan
Fix this textand Cochin China, intercourse with Siam does not require to be yet
Fix this textestablished ; it was placed upon a legitimate legal footing even before
Fix this textwe had achieved the same object in China, and all that now remains to
Fix this textbe done is to prevail upon the Siamese Government to make those modi-
Fix this textfications and amendments in those parts of the treaty, as regards the
Fix this textresidence of foreigners and the tariff of duties, which experience has
Fix this textshown to be opposed to a full and free development of the commerce of
Fix this textthe country. The Siamese King, like most semi-barbarous persons, is
Fix this textslow to perceive the advantages which would result to himself and his
Fix this textcountry from a greater encouragement of commerce, and seeks in mono-
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Fix this texttrade and increase of the productive resources of his kingdom; and it
Fix this textmay be that he dreads the effects of freer contact with foreigneis upon
Fix this texthis subjects. But there is little doubt, that were the advantages of a
Fix this textVOL. XXI. NO. 45. SHPTKMBER, 1847.
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