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lead, gold, silver, antimony, white statuary marble, lime¬ 
stone, and coals. 
Q. What do you know respecting the teak trade ?— 
A. I had a monopoly of the teak forests of Sara wadi, the 
principal place of produce, for one year. 
Q. What do you suppose may be the annual produce 
of Sarawadi ?-— A. I got about 7500 pair of shinbins ; but, 
notwithstanding the monopoly, others got large quantities 
also. 
Q. Do you know any thing of the produce of the 
teak forests of Lain, Prome, and Tongo ?— A. No ; I cannot 
afford any precise information respecting them. 
Q. Have you ever visited the teak forests of Sarawadi, 
and what do you think of them?— A. I have. The timber 
is very fine, and in great quantity. It is all natural wood, 
the Burmans never planting. 
Q. Are they capable of affording a larger annual pro¬ 
duce than they yield at present?— A. Yes; any quantity 
the market may demand. 
Q. Do the forests of Sarawadi produce kutch ?— A. Yes, 
in great quantity. This produce is obtained by boiling the 
wood of a forest tree*, which is in plenty. It is inferior in 
quality to the kutch of the upper provinces, being darker 
in colour. 
Q. Have you ever seen any cane-sugar in Ava?— 
A. Yes; I have seen some very fine clayed sugar, manu¬ 
factured by the Chinese of Ava: I thought the best de¬ 
scription of it superior to the Siam sugar. 
Q. What was the price of this sugar in the market of 
Ava?— A . From thirty to thirty-six Sicca rupees the 100 
viss, or 365 pounds avoirdupois. 
Q. Are you of opinion that the culture of the sugar¬ 
cane, and manufacture of sugar, might be extended?— 
* Mimosa Cathechu. 
