TO THE COURT OF AVA. 
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and a half ticals; one piece of Indian cloth of a 
particular description, worth forty ticals; another 
ditto, worth eight ticals; another, worth four 
ticals ; two handkerchiefs, worth two ticals ; cash, 
four ticals ; a present of sugar and China plates 
to certain officers, who must be invited to a feast 
on board the ship, value sixty-two ticals ; permis¬ 
sion to ship cargo, four and a half ticals ; an¬ 
chorage dues and pilotage inwards, three hundred 
and ninety-four ticals ; measurement dues, seven 
hundred ticals; offering to the King’s warehouse, 
fifty ticals ; three pieces of Indian cloth, twenty- 
four ticals; two handkerchiefs for an order to the 
ship to depart, value two ticals ; cash for the same 
purpose, nine ticals; for rendering an account of 
the ship’s export and import charges, five ticals ; 
three handkerchiefs given for an order to reship 
guns and gunpowder, value three ticals ; present 
to the King’s linguist, fifty ticals; eight handker¬ 
chiefs presented to certain watchmen, value eight 
ticals ; ditto presented to the watchhouse, value 
eight ticals; pilotage outwards, one hundred and 
fifty ticals. The whole charges here enumerated 
amount to about fifteen hundred ticals. 
The items now stated, with the exception of 
the anchorage and measurement dues, were the 
perquisites of the local officers. During our visit 
to Ava, the Queen had an assignment upon the 
measurement dues ; so that the anchorage dues, 
with the regular tax of five in one hundred upon 
