416 
JOUllNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
in boats and ships to Burmese ports for the pur¬ 
pose of trade, they shall, after paying the cus¬ 
tomary duties, sell their goods, according to 
custom, and take away the gold and silver for 
which the goods are sold, and gold and silver 
obtained in any other way. And if they wish 
to buy and take away goods, they shall be al¬ 
lowed to do so ; and the gold and silver taken 
away shall pay no duties. When Burmese mer¬ 
chants also come in boats and ships to English 
ports for the purpose of trade, they shall, after 
paying the customary duties, sell the goods, 
according to custom, which remain, and take 
away the gold and silver for which the goods 
are sold, and gold and silver obtained in any 
other way, duty free, if they wish to do so : or 
they shall be allowed to buy and take away 
without hinderance such piece-goods and other 
rarities and articles of use as they may desire. 
“Art. 3 .-—Ships whose breadth of beam on 
the inside (opening of the hold) is eight royal 
Burman cubits, of nineteen and one-tenth 
English inches each, and all ships of smaller 
size, whether merchants from the Burmese 
country entering an English port under the 
Burmese flag, or merchants from the English 
country with an English stamped pass entering 
a Burmese port under the English flag, shall 
