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mountains, and cutting off all access to the plains, except 

 through the British territories. To the inhabitants (about 

 5000 souls) this was a matter of congratulation, for it 

 only involved the payment of a small fixed tax in money to 

 the treasury at Dorjiling, instead of a fluctuating one in 

 kind, with service to the Rajah, besides exempting them 

 from further annoyance by the Dewan. At the present 

 time the revenues of the tract thus acquired have doubled, 

 and will very soon be quadrupled : every expense of our 

 detention and of the moving of troops, &c, has been 

 already repaid by it, and for the future all will be clear 

 profit ; and I am given to understand that this last year it 

 has realized upwards of 30,000 rupees (£3000). 



Dr. Campbell resumed his duties immediately afterwards, 

 and the newly-acquired districts were placed under his 

 jurisdiction. The Rajah still begs hard for the renewal of 

 old friendship, and the restoration of his Terai land, or the 

 annual grant of £300 a year which he formerly received. 

 He has forbidden the culprits his court, but can do no 

 more. The Dewan, disgraced and turned out of office, is 

 reduced to poverty, and is deterred from entering Tibet by 

 the threat of being dragged to Lhassa with a rope round 

 his neck. Considering, however, his energy, a rare quality 

 in these countries, I should not be surprised at ' his yet 

 cutting a figure in Bhotan, if not in Sikkim itself: especi- 

 ally if, at the Rajah's death, the British government should 

 refuse to take the country under its protection. The 

 Singtam Soubah and the other culprits live disgraced at 

 their homes. Tchebu Lama has received a handsome 

 reward, and a grant of land at Dorjiling, where he resides, 

 and whence he sends me his salaams by every opportunity. 



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