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gan*, or reporter; a Nakan-d’hau, or King s lis¬ 
tener!; and an A-we-rauki, or examiner: writers 
or secretaries sat behind the principal officers, 
and from the dictation of the latter appeared 
to take down a minute account of every thing 
that transpired. The senior Atwen-wun gene¬ 
rally spoke for the rest, and came prepared 
with a set of written questions, which he put 
with great formality. The first inquiries made 
regarded the health of the Governor-General* 
that of Lady Amherst, and of his Lordship’s 
family generally. This was the first occasion on 
which the name of the Governor-General was 
introduced. He was styled now, and through¬ 
out the conferences, the English Chief, or Prince, 
(for the word may mean either,) who rules In¬ 
dia (India Taing Ko-ok-so-thau-Englit-men). 
Whatever might be the real opinion of the Bur- 
man Court, the results of the late contest with 
the British power in India, and the necessity of 
treating with it upon equal terms, made it now 
very anxious to consider the Governor-General 
as exercising an independent sovereign power.. 
Inquiries after the health of his Majesty and the 
* “ The Royal voice-receiver.” 
f “ The Royal ear-listener.” 
J Literally, “ from a distance arriving.” The office of this 
person is to examine petitions, and persons coming from dis¬ 
tant parts. 
