The staple and almost only article of export from Siam to Great Britain in the year 1883 was hewn teak wood, valued at 51,6821. According to the Board of Trade Returns, no rice was exported from Siam to Great Britain in 1882-3; the quantity exported in 1881 was valued at 23,1147., and in 1880 at 338,1777. Among the imports of British produce into Siam, the chief articles in 1883 were machinery and mill-work, of the value of 9,1787., and iron wrought and unwrought, 2,2781. Money, Weights, and Measures. The money, weights, and measures of Siam, and the British equivalents, are :— 4 Ticals 80 Ticals = MONEY. 12,800 cowries, average rate of exchange, 2s. 24d. 1 tamlung = 1 catty: these two last are monies of account. The legal money of Siam is the Tical, a silver coin, with the device of the king's head impressed, weighing 236 grains troy. Dollars are accepted in payment at the rate of 3 dollars for 5 Ticals. In 1875, the Government ordered a large quantity of bronze coinage from England, which is reported to get into extensive use among the people, taking the place of previous small Chinese gambling tokens. Ambassador.-Krom Mun Naresr Varariddhi. English Secretary.-Frederick W. Verney. 2. OF GREAT BRITAIN IN SIAM. Agent and Consul-General.-Ernest Mason Satow, C.M.G., appointed January 25, 1884. Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Siam. 1. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Commercial Report from H.M.'s Consul-General in 'Siam for the year 1870. 8. London, 1871. Reports by Mr. W. H. Newman on the trade of the port of Bangkok, dated June 30, 1875; and by Mr. D. J. Edwardes on the state of Chiengmai and other Teak districts of Siam, dated June 17, 1875; in Commercial Reports by H.M.'s Consular Officers in Siam.' No. I. 1875. 8. London, 1875. Commercial Report of H.M.'s Agent and Consul-General (Mr. Satow) in Siam for 1883. London, 1884. Trade of Siam with Great Britain; in 'Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with foreign countries and British possessions, for the year 1883. 4. London, 1884. 2. NON-OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Alabaster (Henry), The Wheel of the Law. 8.. London, 1871. 8. Leipzig und Crawford, Journal of an Embassy to Siam and Cochin-China. 2 vols. 8. 2nd edition, 1830. Garnier, Voyage d'Exploration dans l'Indo-China. 2 vols. 4. Paris, 1869. Gréhan (A.) Le royaume de Siam. 8. Paris, 1868. Jancigny, Japan, Indo-China, Ceylon. 1 vol. 8. Paris, 1850. La Loubère, Description du Royaume de Siam. 1691. 12. Paris and Amsterdam, La Loubère, A new Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam. Folio. London, 1693. Leonowens, The English Governess at the Siamese Court. 8. Boston, 1870. Mouhot (Henry), Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos, during the years 1858-1860. 2 vols. 8. London, 1864. Pallegoix (D. J.), Description du royaume Thai ou Siam. 2 vols. S. Paris, 1854, Reclus (Elisée), Nouvelle Géographie Universelle. 8. L'Inde et L'IndoChine. Paris, 1883. Scherzer (Dr. K. von), Die wirthschaftlichen Zustände im Süden und Osten Asiens. 8. Stuttgart, 1871. NEW SOUTH WALES. Constitution and Government. THE Constitution of New South Wales, the oldest of the Australasiaa erlonies, is embodied in the Act 18 & 19 Vict. cap. 54. proclaimed in 1855, which established a 'responsible government The constitution vests the legislative power in a Parlament d two Houses, the first called the Legislative Council, and the second the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Council consiss of not less than twenty-one members, nominated by the Crown, and the Assembly of 119 members, elected by seventy-two constituencies. To be eligible, a man must be of age, a natural-bom or naturalised subject of the Queen. There is no property qualification for electors, and the votes are taken by secret ballot. 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