The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago, Volume 2

Alleyne Ireland

Houghton, Mifflin, 1907 - Burma

Alleyne Ireland (1871-1951) was a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society in London who, in 1901, was appointed by the University of Chicago to head a commission to study colonial administration in the Far East. Ireland's first major project, published in 1907, was this exhaustive, two-volume study of Burma, at the time under British rule as a province of the Indian Empire. Volume one contains a general description of Burma, a history of Britain's acquisition of the colony, and chapters on the people, government, general administration, civil service, police administration, judicial administration, prison administration, and educational system. Volume two is devoted to economic and administrative affairs, including financial administration, the land revenue system, public works, trade and shipping, and the administration of forests, towns, villages, and harbors. Twenty-one appendices provide additional detail, including economic and demographic statistics, the texts of treaties, agreements, and reports, a bibliography, and a glossary of Indian and Burmese words. At the end of volume one is a large foldout map of Burma by Edinburgh mapmakers John Bartholomew & Co.

Contents

• POLITICAL MAP OF THE FAR EASTERN TROPICS: 521
• Effect of the Fall of Exchange upon the Investment of Capital in India: 527
• Revenue System of India compared with that of the United Kingdom: 533
• Famine Protective Works: 538
• District Treasury Audit: 544
• Dimensions and Designs of Coins: 550
• Reform suggested in 1867: 561
• Military Works: 562
• Apparent Surplus under the Head Imperial: 568
• Opium Revenue: 574
• CHAPTER XIII: 581
• Suggested Minimum of Thirty Years: 587
• Summary of Propositions established: 594
• Present Land Tenures in Upper Burma: 601
• The Thathameda or Housetax in Upper Burma: 609
• Difficulty of obtaining Money: 615
• Limit on Number of Shares to be held: 621
• Reserved Forests: 630
• Organisation of the Forest Service: 636
• Qualifying Examination in German: 644
• Reservation of State Forests: 650
• Details of Forest Revenue: 656
• References: 658
• Imperial Expenditure on Military Works 190105: 664
• Expenditure on Irrigation 190105: 670
• Revenue and Expenditure of Minor Works and Navigation Works: 673
• CHAPTER XVI: 680
• President and VicePresident: 688
• Contracts and Transfers of Property: 694
• Offences affecting the Public Health Safety or Convenience: 701
• of Committee 190105: 707
• Details of Municipal Expenditure: 708
• Village Headmen: 714
• Return of Fines inflicted by Headmen and of the Revision of Head: 720
• Miscellaneous Duties of Headmen: 724
• Duties in regard to Sanitation Fires and Cattle Disease: 726
• CHAPTER XVIII: 734
• Number of Persons primarily vaccinated in the Province of Burma: 740
• Value of Total Imports and Exports exclusive of Government Stores: 746
• Conduct of Business by the Commissioners: 749
• Annual Estimates and Accounts: 755
• Objects of Expenditure: 761
• General Progress: 767
• The Myelat and Southern Shan States: 774
• The Chin People: 784
• Trade: 790
• Special Rules as to Arms Ammunition Opium and Forests: 797
• Value of Imports by Countries of Origin: 804
• The Foreign Export Trade: 808
• Value of Imports of Principal Articles: 815
• Import and Export of Government Stores: 821
• 749: 822
• The People to be educated to the System: 823
• Free and Dutiable Imports and Exports: 827
• Shipping in the Foreign Trade: 828
• General Statement of the Gross Revenue and Expenditure of Burma: 833
• 752: 838
• Account of the Opium System in Burma reprinted from the Report: 843
• Extracts from the Reports on the Administration of Burma dealing with: 852
• Number of Persons arrested and convicted for Offences in regard: 855
• CHAPTER XIV: 860
• The Survey: 861
• Inspection and Classification of the Land: 874
• Report of Proposals and Results: 880
• Supplementary Survey 607: 883
• APPENDIX: 899
• Fishery Revenue: 905
• 754: 907
• Financial Results of Agricultural Advances made during the Five Years: 911
• FOREST ADMINISTRATION: 913
• 755: 919
• APPENDIX: 921
• 757: 937
• 762: 947
• Maritime Coasting Trade: 949
• Private Import and Export of Treasure: 956
• 764: 961
• Cargo and in Ballast: 968
• 767: 969
• Key to Abbreviations used in the Bibliography: 975
• Religion and its Semblances: 982
• Railways: 989
• Karenni and the Karen People: 995
• APPENDIX: 1003
• INDEX: 1009
• References: 1012
• Financial Results in Lower Burma 916: 1016
• Preliminary: 1018
• 768: 1022

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago, Volume 2; Colonial administration in the Far East, Alleyne Ireland; Volume 2 of The Province of Burma, Alleyne Ireland; The Province of Burma: A Report Prepared on Behalf of the University of Chicago, Alleyne Ireland
• Author: Alleyne Ireland
• Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin, 1907
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Jun 18, 2008