£6 Self -immolation of the two Widows of Ameer Ju.ng\ 



To the second shabupiier - - 10 ticalls. 



For vour arrival at the bar - - 10+ 



To pilots and entrance - - 10£r 



To pass the two tobangoes, or chop- 

 houses, each - - - 104^ 

 To each permit - - - lO-i- 

 To a pcrniit io measure - - lO-A- 

 To a permit to open you>- bales - 13 

 To a permit for leave to sell - lO-J- 

 And on going away, to each of the two 



tobangocs - - - GO 



At the place where they insist on your landing your guns, 

 20 ticalls ; with some other charges which are trifling. 



The duties upon your imports arc eight per cent. ; except 

 <Iates, kissmisses, idmouds, aad some other trifles which 

 are excused. 



Vessels from Malacca, Palambang, Banca, Batavia, 

 Tringano, Campodia, Cochin China, and their coasts, pay 

 neither duties nor customs on their goods; iViey only pay 

 For registering inwards - - l,V ticalls- 



Two permits to pass the tobangoes, each 104- 

 If the vessel has no goods, she will pay I ticall per covid 

 (of 14^ inches) for her breadth of beam; but if she has 

 trade, she pavs 2 ticalls per covid. 



I would advise all vessels from India, going to Siam, to 

 take a fresh port clearance from Malacca; as the great in- 

 dulgences she will enjoy, and the saving in the measurement 

 and charges, must appear obvious. 



IV. Account of tlw Self-immolation of the two JViduws of 

 Ameer Jung, the late Regent /f Tanjore *. 



J. HE regent died on the igth of April 1S02, about ten 

 o'clock a. m. The moment he expired, two of his wives 

 adorned themselves with their jewels and richest clothes, 

 entered the apartment in which the body was laid, and, 

 after three prostrations, sat down by it ; and announced to 

 the whole court, which had assembled around it, their de- 

 termination to devote themselves to the flames. 



The youngest of the women was the regular wife, and 

 about twenty years of age, and without children ; the other 

 uas a wife of inferior rank, aged twenty-six, having one 



'* From the Asiatic Annual Re^hur for I8Q^. 



child. 



