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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 353.

ADMINISTRATION 353 Thayetrnyo is ordinarily garrisoned by the head-quarters and five companies of a British infantry regiment and a regiment of Native infantry. The old fort at Thayetmyo, which is on the river bank at the north of the cantonment, is now a military prison. There are small detachments of the Upper Burma Volunteer Rifles at Thayetmyo and Allannlyo. The civil police force consists of a District and an Assistant Superin- tendent, 4 inspectors, 75 head constables and sergeants, and 475 constables. There are 15 police stations in the District, and 23 out- posts. Bodies of military police are stationed at Thayetmyo town, and at the head-quarters of each township, and during the open season assist in the patrolling of the rural areas. The Central jail at Thayetmyo town has accommodation for 1,197 prisoners, though the average population in 1903 was only 661. Since the use of river water, which is pumped- up from the river by the prisoners, the jail has been remarkably healthy. The industries carried on within its walls are carpentry, blacksmith's and tinsmith's work, bamboo- and cane-work, paddy-husking, oil-pressing, cotton-cleaning, skin-tanning and curing, coir-pounding, mat and rope-making, and stone-breaking. In the matter of education Thayetmyo ranks fairly high among the Districts of Burma. In igoi the proportion of those able to read and write was 4[8•7 per cent. in the case of males and 3•8 per cent. in the case of females, or 26•1 per cent. for both sexes together. Primary education, as elsewhere in Burma, is mainly provided by the monastic schools which are to be found in most villages. A large number of these have submitted to the guidance of the Educational department with great advantage. The number of pupils has been rising steadily. In 1891 it was 6,737, and in r9or it was 6,896. In 1903-4 there were i 1 secondary, 117 primary, and 354 elementary (private) schools, with an attendance of 8,544 pupils (including 523 girls). An Anglo- vernacular school for Chins is managed by the American Baptist Mis- sion, and two Anglo-vernacular schools are maintained or aided by the municipalities of Thayetmyo and Allanmyo-Ywataung. The other secondary schools are vernacular. The Provincial expenditure on education in 1903-4 was Rs. 3,3oo. The District cess fund spent Rs.6,8oo, and municipal funds Rs. 2,200, in the same year; and the receipts from fees amounted to Rs. 4,300. There are 4 hospitals with accommodation for 88 in-patients. In 1903 the number of cases treated was 36,199, of whom. 1,367 were in-patients, and 1,125 operations were performed. The total expen- diture was Rs. 32,000, towards which municipal funds contributed Rs. 29,ooo, and the District cess fund RS. 2,000. Vaccination is compulsory only in Thayetmyo town. In 1903-4