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stalments without the payment of interest,—a 
project which seems now to have been dropped, 
though at one time eagerly courted. The visit 
was long, but it was not until towards the close 
of it that any business was introduced. 
The following notes of the conversation that 
took place were taken down :— 
E. I received letters yesterday from Sir A. 
Campbell. He was upon the point of quitting 
Rangoon, and by this time has left it, without 
staying out the whole time by which you had 
exceeded the period of paying the second in¬ 
stalment. Every thing is amicably settled in 
that quarter. This has happened as I repeatedly 
informed you it would. There was no occasion, 
therefore, I must remind you, of the doubts and 
anxieties expressed by you upon this point. 
We never depart from the solemn engagements 
which we have made.— B. This is all right. 
We have information from the Wungyi at 
Henzada, that he has been invited to Rangoon 
by Sir A. Campbell. The time is now drawing 
near for the payment of the third instalment. 
We shall not be able to fulfil our engagement, 
for we have not the means. We beg to bring 
this circumstance under your consideration. 
E, I communicated my sentiments to you at 
