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XVI. Extracts from Peking Gazettes. Translated by John Francis 

 Davis, Esa., M.It.A.S. Communicated by ^ir George Thomas Staunton, 

 Bart., J' P. R.A.S. 



Read March 19, 1855. 



No. 1. E.rtract from the Peking Gazette, dated 5th day of l-th moon, of the 

 'ithyearofTAOU kivano (3d ]May, 1821.). 



Tsea)ig-yexi--ti'en (Governor of Chih-le ])rovince), Piieii tsow,* i.e. shortly 

 addresses liis Imperial ]\Iajesty on the subject of the tribute bearer from the 

 t Meen-teenX nation, now on his way from Peking back to liis native country. 

 1 deputed civil and military officers to escort him safely and diligently. 

 Now the magistrate of Tsze-c/ioxo district reports that tlie said envoy pro- 

 ceeds very well and peaceably on his journey j and that on tiie 13th of the 

 3d moon (11th April) ho had been escorted as far as Gan-yang-heen in 

 Ho nan province, wliere he had been transferred to the care of the local 

 officers, to continue his progress. It is right that I present this short 

 address on the subject. 



Vermilion reply : " A\'e know it." Khin tsze. 



* For the Chinese characters, see Plate III, No. 1. f See Plate III, No. 2. 



J On examining the site of this Mcen-t'een nation, on a very valuable map belonging to the 

 East-India Company, and copied with great exactness from the actual surveys of the missionaries, 

 it is found exactly to correspond to the eastern part of the Burman empire, being placed on the 

 frontier of Yun nun province, betneen 22" and 25" latitude. Close to this, on the same map, is 

 the name § Ali-wa (Ava). The following rivers pass from Yun nan province into the Burman 

 territory, viz. \\ Lung-cliuen keang, Dragon-stream river; fl Pin-tang kcang, Betel-nut river. 

 Somewhat to the northward of these, is, ** Kin-s/ta Iccang, Golden sand river. To the northward 

 of Meen-iVen, towards Thibet, and the Berhampooter river (which latter is written by 'the 

 Chinese, A-loo-tsang-poo, and exactly answers, in llieir way of spelling, to E-re-clwm-boo, the 

 Thibetian name, accordino^ to Turner) the map contains f f \oo-e, which either means " the angry, 

 or savage foreigners ;" or is used merely to express a foreign sound. 



§ See Plate III, No. 3. || See Plate III, No. 4. f See Plate III, No. 5. 



** See Plate III, No. 6. tt See Plate III, No. 7. 



