APPENDIX. 
15 
and the records of the discussion will render any future 
negotiation safe and easy. 
The next question which I have the honour to bring 
under the notice of the Right Honourable the Vice-Pre¬ 
sident in Council, is that of our Eastern frontier. The 
Government will perceive with satisfaction, from the re¬ 
cords of the negotiation, that the Burmese Government 
acknowledges not only the independence of Assam and 
Cachar, but of Munnipore. This result has arisen from 
the fortunate circumstance of the article of the Treaty of 
Yandabo, which refers to this particular subject, being 
more distinctly and fully worded in the Burman than in 
the English version, as will be observed from the literal 
translation of that document, which, for convenience of re¬ 
ference, I have appended to this report. 
As far as Munnipore in particular is concerned, it will 
be perceived that in the Burman translation there is super- 
added to the English version this strong expression, that 
“ Gumbheer Singh shall not be molested in the govern¬ 
ment of his principality by the King of Ava,” which is 
interpreted by the Burmese Government to amount to an 
exclusion from all interference whatever on its part. These 
sentiments are fully explained in the note given in by the 
Burmese negotiators at the conference of the 3d of Novem¬ 
ber. Having ascertained the temper of the Burman Court 
upon this subject, I communicated my sentiments on the 
independency of Munnipore, in a note delivered in at the 
conference of the 5th of November. No objections were 
offered to the opinions expressed in this document, either 
at the time, or in the discussion which took place on the 
10th of November; so that the independence of Munni¬ 
pore upon the Court of Ava may be considered as a point 
'clearly determined. 
The limits of the two countries, however, still continue 
