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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 274.

274 MF,HLVĀS ESTATES The ancestors of the Chikhli chieftain originally held lands from Rājpipla ; Jiva, the founder of the family, taking advantage _ of the turbulent times, established his power over 84 villages. A sum of Rs. 3,ooo, assigned by Government as an hereditary allowance, made: mainly for foot and horse police in lieu of the blackmail formerly levied, was discontinued in the time of Rāmsing (1854-74). The ancestors of the Raisingpur (Gauli) chieftain were feudatories of Rājpipla, and are said to have been ruined on its subversion by the Gaikwār (1763-1813). The remaining four chieftains were originally dependants of the chief of Budhawal ; but in 1845 the latter was removed on suspicion of conniving at robberies in the neighbouring British territories, and his lands have since lapsed to Government. Meiktila Division.-South-eastern Division of Upper Burma, lying wholly in the dry zone, between 19° 27' and 22° r' N. and 94° 43' and 96° 54' E., with an area of 10,852 square miles. It comprises four Districts: Kyaukse, Meiktila, Yamethin, and Myingyan. Kyaukse, :Meiktila, and Yamethin lie, one south of the other in the order named, on each side of the Mandalay-Rangoon railway, while Myingyan extends westwards from the borders of Kyaukse and Meiktila to the Irrawaddy. The Division is bounded on the north by Mandalay and Sagaing ; on the east by the Southern Shan States; on the south by Toungoo and Magwe; and on the west by Minbu, Pakokku, and Sagaing. The population was 9or,924 in 1891 and 992,807 in 19or. The distribution in the latter year is shown in the following table:-- Land revenue Area in and thathameda, j District. square miles. Population. 1903-4, in thousands of rupees. Kyaukse 1,274 141,253 8,62 Meiktila 2,183 252,305 5,13 Yamethin . 4,258 243,197 2 Myingyan . 3,137 356,o52 6 ,68 Total 1o,852 992,807 25,63 There are 4,415 villages and 6 towns: , MYINGYAN (population, 16,139), PYINMANA In Yamethin District (14,388), YAMETHIN (8,680), MEIKTILA (7,203), NYAUNGO-PAGAN (6,254), and KYAUKSE (5,420),. The head-quarters are at Meiktila, situated near the centre of the Division, and connected by rail with the three outlying District head- quarters. Myingyan is a commercial centre of some importance, and Yamethin and Pyinmanā are trade centres. The population is almost exclusively Burmese, the total number of Burmans in igor being 963,228. The only other indigenous races found in any strength are the Shans, inhabiting the hills on the borders of the Shan States, who