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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 124.

124 HANDAIAY DIVLSl0N Division, from which it is separated by the Irrawaddy and the water- shed severing the basins of the Irrawaddy and the Chindwin. The head-quarters are at MANDALAY CITY in the extreme south of the Division; but all the District head-quarters, with the exception of Mogok, are readily accessible by rail and river. The Commissioner exercises a nominal control over the Hkalnti Long (Shan) States on the upper reaches of the Malikha. The population of the Division was returned at 592,625 in i89i and 777,338 in i9or. The earlier Census, however, excluded a large part of Kathâ District, then forming the Wuntho State, and also portions of Bhamo and Myitkyinâ Districts. The distribution of the population in i9or is shown in the table below:- Land revenue Area in square Population, and thathameda, District. miles. 19oî. 1903-4. in thousands of rupees. Mandalay .I 2,117 __366,507 8,42 Bhamo . 4,146 79,515 1,31 Myitkyinâ i o,640 67,399 93 Kathâ . 6,994 176,22.1 5,34 Ruby Mines (includ- ing M6ngmit) . I 5,476 87,694 90* Total 29,373 777,338 16,9o * Excluding revenue of M6ngmit. The Division contains seven towns - MANDALAY (population, 183,816), AMARAPURA (9,103), MAYMYo (6,223), BHAMO (10,734), and MOGOK, KATHA, and MYITKYINA ; and there are 5,413 villages. Mandalay, Mogok, and Bhamo are important industrial and trade centres. Burmans predominate largely, numbering 45r,i6i in i9or. They form almost the whole population of Mandalay District, and the larger part of that of Katha, and are well represented in the Ruby Mines and Bhamo, but are comparatively scarce in Myitkyina. The Shans numbered 110,728 in i9or, distributed over all the five Districts, but nowhere in the majority. In Mandalay District they are confined to the hilly Maymyo township. The number of Kachins in i9or was 87,790. They form the greater part of the population of Myitkyina District, are the prevalent race in Bhamo, and are common in Kathà and the Ruby Mines. A portion of the north-western area of Katha is peopled by the Kadus, who numbered 34,521 in i9or. Danus to the number of 6,276 inhabit the hills in Mandalay District. Chinamen are numerous in all the Districts excepting Katha, and aggregated 9,463 at the last Census. Natives of India are distributed all over the Division, for the most part in or near the towns and District head-quarters. They include 25,391 Musalmans, 21,894 Hindus, and