Burma: Census of India 1901 Vol. I - Khamkoo

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APPENDICES.
The attitude of the people on the whole was satisfactory.
Synchronous Census.—On the completion of the village Census, Enumerators were
placed in each station and outpost. A preliminary Census was taken in each post before the
ist March, and on the night of that day (i st March) the final enumeration took place. Every
care was taken to include in the schedules people moving between posts on the night of the
final enumeration, and the work appears to have been carried out most satisfactorily and with
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Total cost of operations.—The total cost of the operations, including pay of clerks, was
Rs. 1,552-5-11. * * * The amount sanctioned was Rs. 2,000, so that a saving of
Rs. 447-10-1 has been effected.
In Tiddim and Falain the entries in the schedules were all done in pencil, whilst in Haka
they were done in ink. In the two former subdivisions attempts were made to have the
work done in ink, but this was found to be beyond the capability of the Enumerators, all of
whom were
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Chins or half-breeds. The results were not such as to encourage any further
attempts being made, and lead-pencils were resorted to.
In the Haka subdivision the Enumerators were better educated men and able to use
pen and ink.
Considering the class of men who had to be employed as Enumerators, it speaks well
for the training given them by Messrs. Bateman, Street, and Clarke that the schedules were
written up as neatly as they have been.
Emigration and immigration.—There is no general tendency on the part of Chins to
move out of the hills. In the Haka subdivision, amongst the Haka, Yokwa and Klang
Klangs some 60 people have removed to the plains in the last three months. These people,
however, have, without exception, been released slaves, who either fear further slavery or
else are unable to obtain fields to cultivate and move down in the hopes of being able to pick
up a livelihood in the plains.
the Yahow and
In the Falam subdivision there appears to be a tendency on the part of
Whenoh tribes to move turther north. The movement, so far as at present can be judged,
is confined to these tuo tribes only and is due, 1 think, to one of two facts, or perhaps to both.
Either the population of the tribes is on the increase and in consequence their requirements
demand more land, or else their lands are being worked out and fresh fields are required. It
will be interesting to note in future years how far this movement will be continued and
whether it will spread to other tribes in the Central Hills.
* * * In the Gazetteer oj Upper Burma compiled by Mr. Scott, C.I.E., the point as
to whether
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the Chin race was at one time more united and civilized than we found it is raised.
It is stated in the Gazetteer that ttie Chin laws collected and codified by Maung Tet Pyo
would make it appear certain that it was so. in many cases the primitive law of the Chins
stamps it as original, but how far these laws would tend to prove the higher degree of
civilization of the Chin in years past is a suoject which I would not, with the information we
have at present, venture to oiscuss. It is certainly a subject on which more light might be
thrown, and further enquiries will be made on the point.
In conclusion I would beg to bring the names of the three Assistant Superintendents,
Messrs. Bateman, Street, and Clarke, to notice. All three throughout worked with zeal and
energy, and the success ol the operations is due to their efforts and tactful handling of the
various tribes.
Days in succession were spent by all three in hard marching over extremely difficult
country, and, in addition, after many a hard day's march, the work of checking a village had
to be undertaken. Hundreds of miles were covered by each officer during the operations
and the success they achieved shows how well they carried out the work entrusted to them.
Maung San Pu, Maung Lu Din, Maung Ba Pe, Census clerks, Maung Ba Shin, Political
clerk, and Maung Ra lin, Political interpreter, also did good work. They all underwent
hard marching ancj, deserve every credit for the way they performed their work under trying
circumstances. Mr. Pereira, Head Clerk in my office, also performed very good work in
helping to check, sort, and arrange the schedules on arrival in my office.
From W. B. Tydd, Esq., Assistant Superintendent, Pakokku Chin Hills, to the Superintender", Census
Operations, Burma,— No. 126-19, dated the 25th April 1901.
I HAVE the honour to submit my report on the enumeration of the population of the
Pakokku Chin Hills for the Census of 1901.