TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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to demand from your Government a balance of 
142,682 rupees. This balance, as it was a dis¬ 
puted account, I was willing to take upon my¬ 
self the responsibility of remitting, to show the 
favourable disposition of the British Govern¬ 
ment. Sir A. Campbell, I have very little 
doubt, will evacuate Rangoon immediately, 
whether the balance be paid or not; but if he 
does so without an adjustment of the account, 
you will still be considered liable for the ba¬ 
lance. My engagements cease with you to-day, 
since you have not brought the treaty. I de¬ 
cline complying with your request to write to 
Sir A. Campbell to withdraw the troops before 
the signature and delivery of the Commercial 
Convention, as well as accepting this document 
on the terms you propose. To evince the sin¬ 
cerity of the promise made by me, I prepared 
an instrument in the form of a convention, bind¬ 
ing the British Government to consider the se¬ 
cond instalment as completed, as well as to with¬ 
draw forthwith from Rangoon. A Burman 
translation of it is before me, and you are wel¬ 
come to peruse it. You stipulated at Yandabo 
to make a Commercial Treaty: I heretofore ar¬ 
gued for such an one as I thought would be 
mutually beneficial. I will now take any one 
you may think proper to give, and I decline 
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