'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎71r] (146/228)

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p!f. Sl *iect °f the examination of the Burmn-
Chma Boundary north of latitude 2 lf 35'
e reports are at present under consideration]
wlti * 9 - Mr. Litton, the Consul at Tengvueh
forces M f f n illey ’ the En « illeer ^ctc'i
to T .novn n y v? £ the P ro P° sed iine from Bhamo
to Tengyueh lias made a reconnaissance as far
W, TenSyU ° : \ and that his Assistants have
been occupied in making a detailed survey
between Bhamo and the Chinese frontier. ^
Mr. Lilley’s report is expected shortly.
20. The British Consul-General at
Yunnan Eu has forwarded a report to the
Minister at Peking, regarding the Chinese
fenan States bordering on the province of
Burma. The young Chief of Kangai (Chinese
onan State), who is in Burma, refuses to
return to Kangai on the ground that, if he
does so, he will be persecuted by the Chinese
officials, as soon as Mr. Litton, the Consul,
leaves Tengyueffi The Government of Burma
consulted the British Consul at Tengyueh by
wire, with regard to the Sawbwa of Kangai.
Mr. Litton proposed to invite Taotai Shih to call
on the Kangai Sawbwa to return to his State,
and suggested that he should be given an
assurance of complete protection. Meanwhile,
be requested the Consul-General at Yunnan to
ask the Governor-General to instruct the
Taotai by telegraph to protect against extortion
and oppression, not the Kangai Sawbwa only,
but all well conducted Shan Sawbwas in his
jurisdiction. Mr. Wilkinson represented the
matter to the Governor-General at Yunnan,
and the latter replied formally that he was
giving the necessary instructions to Taotai
Sbib.
21. The Government of Burma report the
appointment of a British Customs officer at
Ssumao in South Yunnan near the frontier of
Burma.
22. With reference to paragraph 10 of
the Memorandum for June 1905, regarding
the Burma-China boundary between the Nam
Ting and the Nalawt, the Government of
Burma have reported that the Chinese have
made certain encroachments, and have even
established posts within the provisional
boundary laid down by Mr. Scott. The Gov
ernment of Burma have asked for orders as to
the manner in which supervision should be
exercised over the provincial boundary. The
matter is receiving the consideration of the
Government of India.
23. The Chinese Mission to India to
study tea and opium culture referred to in
paragraph 15 of the Memorandum for April
1905 reported its arrival at Ceylon on the
20th May and left Ceylon for India on the
21st July 1905.