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as because I was satisfied that the negotiation in this 
respect had already been productive of all the results 
contemplated by the Government in my instructions. 
In reference to the Aracan frontier, I have much satis¬ 
faction in reporting, that no question whatever has arisen. 
The Burmese version of the Treaty of Yandabo is so full 
and clear upon this point, as to have fortunately precluded 
the possibility of any exception being made on the part of 
the Burmese Government. 
The question of frontier at Martaban became early a 
subject of discussion, as Government will perceive by the 
minutes of the conference of the 22d October, one of the 
first which was held. The subject was renewed in a more 
formal manner by the Burman negotiators on the 12th of 
November, by the production of a note, which, as well as 
my reply, will be found in the minutes of that day's con¬ 
ference. A conversation followed, which will also be found 
duly recorded. The result of this conference established 
the Saluen river, in the amplest and clearest manner, as the 
boundary between our southern acquisitions, and the Bur- 
man territory. A farther answer to the paper given in 
by me on the 12th was promised in a conference which took 
place on the 17th, but it was never furnished; nor was the 
claim of the Burman Government renewed in any form 
whatever. On the contrary, at one of the last conferences 
which took place, our occupation of the eastern bank of 
the Saluen was referred to by the Burman negotiators as a 
permanent arrangement. 
The subject of Balu Island, in the channel of the Saluen 
river, was never introduced at all by the Burman negotia¬ 
tors ; and I also abstained from bringing it forward, seeing 
that no advantage could accrue from agitating a question 
which may be easily settled at any time on the basis laid 
down in the 3d and 4th articles of the Treaty of Yan- 
