Burma: Census of India 1901 Vol. I - Khamkoo

APPENDICES.
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district to supervise, namely, Kindat town, also did conspicuously good work. Maung Nyo,
Akunwun, Maung Lat, District Surveyor and Maung Tun Byu, Chief Head Constable, also did
good work as Supervisors, and Maung Aung Thin, Head Clerk, Subdivisional Officer's office,
Maung Ba, Treasury Accountant, and Maung Kyaing, Head Judicial Clerk, as Enumerators.
I have also to thank Maung Pe, Subdivisional Officer, Mingin, for his unflagging energy
and zeal throughout the operations.
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In order to get the provisional totals in quickly, Subdivisional Officers were instructed
to send in their charge and circle summaries by the 5th March at latest and for the purpose
the two launches at my disposal were despatched one to Mingin and the other to Homalin.
* * * On receipt of the charge and circle summaries the whole staff of the district"
office was put on to prepare the district summary, which was telegraphed to the Census
Commissioner, Calcutta, and the Superintendent, Census Operations, Rangoon, on the 6th
March.
(g) The operations in non-synchronous areas.—It was originally proposed to hold a nonsynchronous
Census in the Chin villages in the Thaungdut State, the Chin and Theinbaw
(Kachin) villages in the Kanti State, and the Theinbaw villages between the Kanti State and
the Uyu.
The Thaungdut Sawbwa was, however, able to take a synchronous Census of the
whole of his State. The only non-synchronous tracts were therefore in or on the border of
the Kanti State. Now for some little time past the Kanti Sawbwa has been trying to exercise
a more direct influence over both the Chins and Theinbaws, and imposed on the latter this
year for the first time a tax of Rs. 2-8-0 per house. They strongly protested against this both
to me and to the Deputy Commissioner, Myitkyina, who stated that the Kachins on the
border were somewhat disaffected and the Sawbwa was ordered to desist. When the Enumerators
came round the Theinbaws at once suspected fresh designs on the part of the
Sawbwa and refused to be enumerated. The Sawbwa wisely abandoned the enumeration.
These tracts have been estimated as follows by the Subdivisional Officer —
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