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Thadk. — From China are annually imported the following articles to 

 a considerable amount : — Brass ware, China-ware, Canton cloth, coarse 

 cutlery, fire-works, glass-ware, gongs, household furniture, iron in bars, 

 iron pans, looking-glasses, nankeens, raw-silk, silk piece-goods, tea of sorts* 

 sugar, sugar-candy, kittisols, sweetmeats, and woollen goods. 



The following piece-goods from India are suitable to the market, and 

 generally find a ready sale : — Beerboom gurrahs, red curwars, blue gurrahs, 

 white gurrahs, Patna chintz, Mow sannoes, Radnagore soosies, Boglepore 

 ditto, Sanno cossaes, ditto mamoodies, Sallam blue, blue baftas, Patna blue 

 cloth, Patna chintz, Illahabad baftas, and blue Tanda cossaes. 



Of opium the consumption is considerable. Of European articles the 

 following are the kinds most in demand, but to a very limited extent : — 

 Anchors and grapnels, fire-arms, gold lace, gunpowder, iron, looking- 

 glasses, steel, and watches. 



The produce being adapted to the China market, is generally sent in 

 their junks to A moy ; it consists of birds 1 nests, beech de mer, bees-wax, 

 black wood, bezoar stones, cloves, canes, diamonds, dammer, gold-dust, 

 mother-o^pearl shells, pearls, pepper, rattans, sago, and tortoise-shell. 



Campbire is also procured here, and is preferred by the Chinese to that 

 of Sumatra. 



Duties. — The duties on imports and exports are G per cent., and pre- 

 sents to the principal men are necessary. 



Coins. — Spanish dollars and Chinese cash constitute the common cur- 

 rency. The Chinese kangash are used in the same manner as at Sooloo. 



Weights. — These are the Chinese pecui and catty. 



From Borneo Town to the N. extreme of the island are several bays 

 and harbours ; but from the unfriendly conduct of the natives, they are sel- 

 dom visited by Europeans. To the E. of Tanjong Sampanmangio, the N. 

 extreme of Borneo, in latitude 7° 3' N., is Malloodoo Bay, which stretches 

 inland a great distance to the S., having regular soundmgs and good an- 

 chorage in most places. This part of the coast abounds with rattans, 10 or 

 12 feet long, of which a ship-load can easily be obtained. It has also plenty 

 of grain, and inland it is very populous. 



BALEM BANG AN.— This island is about 5 leagues N. E. of Tanjong 

 Sampanmangio; its length is about 14 miles, running in a N. E. and S. W. 

 direction: a dangerous reef, dry at low water, projects 3 or 4 miles off its 

 N. extremity. It has two harbours, the N. E. and S. W. ; the former is 

 the largest, but on the S. side it is swampy. At the entrance of the S. W. 

 harbour is great convenience for watering. Fresh water may be conveyed 



