Burma: Census of India 1901 Vol. I - Khamkoo

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(b) House-numbering commenced on the 1st November and was practically completed by
the 25th December with the exception of the Jade Mines and Ruby Mines. Here the mining
season does not commence until towards the end of December and, as new huts continue to be
added until well on in March, the numbering did not commence until January and continued
until the night of the Census. In Kamaing town itself several new houses had to be numbered
after the preliminary enumeration. The material most generally used was lime or
charcoal mixed with kerosene oil and this was found to be effective.
{c) The agency employed.—There were four Charge Superintendents. * * *
Of the 22 Supervisors five were Military Officers (for the Military Police and the 5th
Burma Regiment), one an Assistant Engineer of the Burma Railways, and the rest kayaingdks,
clerks, assistant school teachers, and one Deputy Forest Ranger. * * *
Two hundred and six Enumerators were employed ;
32 were Native Officers and Non-commissioned
Officers of the Military Police and 5th Burma Infantry, and the remainder were village
headmen assisted by their clerks. * * *
(d) The preliminary enumeration.— In most parts of the district this commenced on
the 15th January and was completed by the end of that month.
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I personally tested the preliminary enumeration in nearly all the villages round Lake
Indawgyi and at Kamaing and Nanyaseik in the beginning of February, but was unable to visit
any other synchronous tracts in the district.
(e) The Change
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Superintendents remained at Myitkyina, Mogaung, and Kamaing respectively
on the night of the Census and, assisted by every available clerk, supervised the
Enumerators in the final enumeration. *• * * It is difficult to choose any for
special mention, but the following did the lion's share of the work :—
Maung Po Maung, Subdivisional Officer and Township Officer, Myitkyina.
Maung Myat Tha Gyaw, T.D.M., Township Officer, Mogaung.
Maung Maung, Itinerant Teacher, Maung Shwe Tun U,Assistant Teacher, Mogaung, and
Myitkyina, made themselves extremely
Maung On, Clerk in the Subdivisional Officer's office,
useful.
the Enumerators Maung Baw, of Nanyaseik (Ruby Mines), and Maung Paw, of
My thanks are also due
Zigon, Kamaing, are specially mentioned by Charge Superintendents.
to Captain A. G. Crocker, Assistant Commandant, for the trouble he took over the Census of
the Military Police.
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With the exception of the Jade M ines circle none of the preliminary summaries were used
in compiling the district summaries, as all the other final summaries were received in this office
by the morning of the 5th March and the telegrams to the Census Commissioner, Calcutta, and
Superintendent, Census Operations, Burma, were despatched that afternoon. * * *
(g) Operations in non-synchronous tracts.—These tracts comprised the following:
{a) The Kachin and Shari-Chinese villages which are for the purposes of revenue
under myothugyis in the Myitkyina township.
(b) The
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Sinbo Hill tracts, in the Myitkyina township, from which tribute is paid
through the Sinbo Kayaingok.
{c) The Kachin Hill Tracts in the Mogaung township.
(d) The Kachin Hill Tracts in the Kamaing township.
In (a) the Shan-Burman myothugyis were Enumerators, but in the other non-synchronous
tracts special paid Enumerators had to be appointed.
In addition to this each Kachin Duwa (or superior headman) was paid Re. 1 per
village for going round with the Enumerators to assist them and see that they came to no harm.
As Kachin headmen receive no remuneration from Government, it was thought advisable to
pay them for the extra trouble thus involved. The sum thus expended was Rs. 288. In the
Mogaung subdivision this enumeration began on the 1st February and, with the exception of
very distant circles, the schedules were received by the Subdivisional Officer by the 25th
February. None were submitted before the 20th. The schedules from the Kadon Tract on
the northern border were not handed in to the Township Officer until the 27th, those from the
Jade Mines Kachin Tracts until the 26th February, and those from Lama (on the north-western
border) until the 4th March. It appears that the Kansi Duwa was to blame for delaying
the last two.
In the Sinbo Hill Tracts of the Myitkyina subdivision * * * the enumeration was
not commenced until the 5th February and was completed in the different circles on the 14th,
19th, 20th, and 23rd respectively.
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In the Kamaing township the Kachins were at first suspicious, but soon overcame this feeling,
and the Extra Assistant Commissioner reports that the totals are fairly accurate and the
result of the Census much more satisfactory than he thought possible. In the Mogaung township
the Duwas gave every assistance and there was no trouble anywhere. * * *