Burma : A Handbook of Practical Information - Khamkoo

154 BURMA
St'ites, with other particiilavSj will be found in the
Appendix.
Karen-ni.—The States included in Eastern and Western
Kareii-ni are not part of British India, and are not subject
to any of the laws in force in the Shan States^ or in other
parts of Upper or Lower Burmese, but they are under the
supervision of the superintendent of the Southern Shan
States, who controls the election of chiefs and the appointment
of officials, and has the power to call for cases. The
Lieutenant-Governor exercises the powers of a High Court.
The northern portion of the Karen Hills, on the borders
of Taungoo, Pymmana, and Yamethlu districts, is at
present dealt with on the principle of political, as distinguished
from administrative, control. The tribes—the Bre,
Mano, and others—are not interfered with so long as they
keep the peace.
The KacMn Hills.—What is specifically known as the
Kachin Hills, the country taken under administration in
the Bhamo and Myitkyina districts, is divided into forty
tracts. Beyond these tracts lie the bulk of the Chingpaw
race, in the cn.intry north of the administrative line,
which runs east and west through the latitude of the
confluence of tire Irrawaddy River ; and there are besides
very many Kachins in Katha, Miing Mit, the Ruby Mines
district, and the Northern Shan States, but in the latter
areas, though they are often the jireponderating, they are
not the exclusive population. The country within the
forty tracts may be considered the Kachin Hills proper,
and it lies between 23° 30' and 26° 30' north latitude and
96° and ,98° east longitude. Within this area the cluma,
or petty chiefs, have appointment orders, the people are
disarmed, and the rate of tribute per household is fixed in
each case. Government is carried on under the Kachin
Hills regulation. Since I89I the country has been practi-
cally undisturbed, and numbers of Kachins have enlisted.
and are ready to enlist, in ttie military police, and seem
likely to make excellent light infantry. The Kachins
north of the administrative line are dealt with on the
principle of political, as distinguished from administrative,
control. So long as they keep the peace all interference
with them is avoided.