CONTENTS. 
Yll 
of Customs.—Tax on the Currency.—Tax on the Wages of 
Labour.—Tax on the Administration of Justice, Fines, and 
Forfeitures.—Offerings of Tributary Princes and Public Offi¬ 
cers.—General Observations.—Estimate of the Amount of 
the Royal Revenue. , . . .128 
CHAPTER VI. 
Commerce.—Money.—Rate of interest.—Internal trade.—Chi¬ 
nese trade.—Trade sea-ward.—Natural products.—Minerals. 
—Forests.—Agricultural productions.—Animals. . 187 
CHAPTER VII. 
Geographical description.—Limits and Extent.—General aspect. 
—Rivers, Lakes, Sea-coast and Harbours.—Civil Divisions. 
—Towns.—Population.—British Conquests.—Arracan, Mar¬ 
taban, Ye, Tavoy, and Mergui. . . . 226 
CHAPTER VIII. 
Burman History.—Materials.—Cosmography.—Fabulous Story. 
—History and Origin of Gautama.—Kings of Wethali, Ma- 
jima, or Jaintya.—Kings of Prome.—Kings of Pugan.—Con¬ 
jectures respecting the introduction of the Budd’hist Religion. 
—Kings of Panya.—Kings of Sagaing or Chitkaing.— Kings 
of Ava.—Alompra, and his successors.—Chinese Invasions 
of the Burman Empire.—British connexion. . 272 
APPENDIX. 
I. 
Envoy’s Public Instructions 
3 
II. 
Envoy’s Report of his Mission 
11 
III. 
Treaty of Peace concluded at Yandabo 
35 
IV. 
Translations of Burman Letters and Proclamations 
44 
V. 
Form of Burman Oath . 
47 
VI. 
Registry and Conveyance of Land . 
49 
