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besides six primary schools with 164 pupils. The American Methodist
Mission has a branch here.
Mawkmai (Burmese, Maukme).-State in the extreme south of
the eastern division of the Southern Shan States, Burma, lying astride
the Salween river, between 19° 35' and 20° 26' N. and 97° 25' and
98° 32' E., with an area (including the trans-Salween dependencies
of M6ngmaii and Mehsakun) of 2,787 square miles. The State is
bounded on the north by Mbngsit and M6ngnai ; on the east by
M6ngpan and its trans-Salween dependencies, which lie between it
and Siam; on the south by Siam and Karenni ; and on the west by
Hsahtung. The central portion of the State proper is a wide fertile
rice plain, to the east of which are hills extending to the cultivated
Nam Teng valley. The lower part of this valley is chiefly given up to
rice cultivation, and the upper part to tobacco, though considerable
quantities of sesamum and sugar-cane are grown as well. Over the
east of the State taungya (shifting) cultivation prevails. A large area
is covered with forests, which in 1904 gave a revenue of Rs. 18,500.
The Mehsakun dependency across the Salween is comprised in the
basin of the Nam Hsakun, and is inhabited by Shans. West of it is
the M6ngmaii dependency, a mountainous tract only the south-eastern
corner of which has any population. The title to these two dependen-
cies was finally affirmed by the Anglo-Siamese Boundary Commission
of 1892-3. The total population in 1go1 was 29,454, distributed in
443 villages. About 23,000 were Shans, about 5,ooo Taungthus, and
the remainder Karens and other tribes. The head-quarters of the
Sawbwa are at Mawkmai (population, 1,375), on the Nam Nyim,
a tributary of the Nam Teng. The revenue in 1903-4 amounted to
Rs. 42,000 (mainly from thathanieda) ; the chief items of expenditure
were Rs. i8,ooo tribute to the British Government, Rs. io,ooo officials'
salaries and general administration charges, Rs. 9,700 privy purse, and
Rs. 4,000 public works.
Mawlu-Northern township of Kathâ District, Upper Burma, lying
between 24 18' and 25° 7' N. and 95° 5o' and 96° 36' E., on both
sides of the Sagaing-Myitkyinâ railway, with an area of 1,344 square
miles. The population was 6,206 in 189x, and 17,178 in rgo1, dis-
tributed in 281 villages. The head-quarters are at Mawlu (population,
581), on the railway. The township is situated in the Meza and upper
Namyin (or Mohnyin) valleys, and is separated from Kathâ by the
Gangaw range, on which the Kachin population lives. The rapid
increase of population and cultivation apparent since 18gr is due to
the railway, which has brought in a large number of immigrants. The
township contained 18 square miles under cultivation in 1903-4, and
the land revenue and thathameda amounted to Rs. 46,400.
Mawnang (Burmese, Bawnin).-Small State in the Myelat divi-
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