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A. I was told by the Chinese, that nothing was wanting 
but a market to enable them to produce sugar in large 
quantity. The Burmans prohibited the exportation. 
Q. Are you of opinion that any part of the Burman 
territory is suited to the produce of indigo?— A. Yes; 
the lower parts of the country, especially the districts of 
Sarawadi and Sarwa. The soil of these is rich. I have 
seen indigo growing wild, and the natives cultivate a 
considerable quantity for home use. When the war broke 
out, I was on the point of establishing an indigo manufac¬ 
tory, at a place called Tendo, in Sarawadi. 
Q. Have you ever heard of any other person having 
established, or proposed to establish, an indigo manufac¬ 
tory in Pegu?— -A. Yes; Sarkies Manook, an Armenian 
merchant of Rangoon, established an indigo manufactory 
in the district of Sarwa,, immediately before the war, but 
I do not know the result. 
Q. What are the principal articles of import by sea 
into the Burman dominions?— A. Bengal, Madras, and 
British piece-goods; British woollens, iron, wrought and 
unwrought, copper for ship-building, lead, quicksilver, 
borax, sulphur, gunpowder, fire-arms, saltpetre, sugar, 
arrack, and rum ; a little opium, earthenware, Chinese and 
English glass-ware, cocoa-nuts, and betel-nut. 
Q. Has the trade in piece-goods increased of late 
years?—A. Very much, especially in British piece-goods, 
which were not known at all to the Burmans a few 
years ago. The trade in Madras piece-goods has declined. 
Q. Do you know any thing of the trade carried on 
between the northern parts of the Burman dominions and 
China?— A. Yes; I have made inquiry into it. 
Q. Will you mention what you know respecting it ? 
— A. The trade is carried on at Banmo, on the Chinese 
frontiers, and a fair held at a place called Midai, four or 
