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ance of three knots an hour for the current, the 
actual distance travelled will have been five 
hundred and forty miles. At fhe height of the 
freshes, a war-boat, proceeding day and night, 
has been known to go to Rangoon in four 
days. In the dry season, a war-boat, proceed¬ 
ing in the same manner, will come from Ran¬ 
goon to Ava in eight days, and in the season of 
the rains in ten. 
October 1.—The Burmese chiefs yesterday 
informed us, that the King had issued orders 
for supplying the Mission with every neces¬ 
sary, and that he would not allow that we 
should be put to any expense. He had or¬ 
dered, as we understand, four thousand ticals 
to be disbursed for our current expenses—a 
large sum, according to Burman notions. To 
carry his orders into effect on this head, a 
crowd of officers were in waiting, among whom 
were a Saregyi, or principal Secretary; an 
Athong-sare, or Comptroller of expenses; an 
Amin-d’hau-re, or Barrister of the Lut-d’hau ; 
a Ta-ra-ma-thu-gyi, or Assessor of the City 
Court, or Rong-d’hau; and a She-ne, or Bar¬ 
rister of the same Court. Fruit, milk, and 
butter, were supplied in large quantities; and 
poultry, sheep, and beef, in defiance of religious 
prejudices. 
