TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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of duties, and ten ticals, twenty-five per cent, 
(ten sicca rupees) for a passport on leaving 8 
Nor shall pilotage be demanded, unless the 
captain voluntarily requires a pilot. However, 
when ships arrive, information shall be given 
to the officer stationed at the entrance of the 
sea. In regard to vessels whose breadth of 
beam exceeds eight royal cubits, they shall re¬ 
main according to the ninth article of the 
Treaty of Yandabo, without unshipping their 
rudders or landing their guns, and be free from 
trouble and molestation as Burmese vessels in 
British ports. Besides the royal duties, no more 
duties shall be given or taken than such as are 
customary. 
“ Art 3.—Merchants belonging to one coun¬ 
try, who go to the other country and remain 
there, shall, when they desire to return, go to 
whatever country and by whatever vessel they 
may desire, without hinderance. Property 
owned by merchants they shall be allowed to 
sell. And property not sold, and household 
furniture, they shall be allowed to take away, 
without hinderance, or incurring any expense. 
6e Art. 4.—English and Burmese vessels meet¬ 
ing with contrary winds, or sustaining damage 
in masts, rigging, &c. or suffering shipwreck on 
the shore, shall, according to the laws of cha- 
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