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CHIENG See also:

MAI, ANGELO (1782—1854)

MAI , the See also:

capital of the Lao See also:

state of the same name and of the provincial See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of See also:

SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam called Bayap, situated in 990 0' E., 18° 46' N. The See also:

TOWN

town, enclosed by massive but decaying walls, lies on the right See also:

BANK

bank of the See also:

RIVER

river Me Ping, one of the branches of the Me Nam, in a See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain Boo ft. above See also:

sea-level, surrounded by high, wooded mountains. It has streets intersecting at right angles, and an See also:

ENCEINTE (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning " pregnant," from in, not, and cinctus, i.e. with girdle loosened)

enceinte within which is the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the Chao, or hereditary See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief. The See also:

east and See also:

west See also:

banks of the river are connected by a See also:

FINE

fine See also:

TEAK

teak See also:

BRIDGE

bridge. The See also:

AMERICAN

American Presbyterian See also:

MISSION

Mission, established here in 1867, has a large number of converts and has done much See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good educational See also:

WORK

work. Chieng Mai, which the Burmese have corrupted into Zimme, by which name it is known to many Europeans, has See also:

long been an important See also:

trade centre, resorted to by See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese merchants from the See also:

north and east, and by Burmese, See also:

SHANS

Shans and Siamese from the west and See also:

south. It is, moreover, the centre of the teak trade of Siam, in which many Burmese and several Chinese and See also:

EUROPEAN

European firms are engaged. The See also:

TOTAL

total value of the import and export trade of the Bayap division amounts to about £2,500,000 a See also:

YEAR

year. The Siamese high See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner of Bayap division has his See also:

head-quarters in Chieng Mai, and though the hereditary chief continues as the nominal ruler, as is also the See also:

case in the other Lao states of Nan, Pre, Lampun, Napawn Lampang and See also:

TERN (Norsk taerne, tende or tende; Swedish tarna; Dutch Stern1)

Tern, which make up the division, the See also:

government is entirely in the hands of that See also:

OFFICIAL (Late Lat. QJicialis, for class. Lat. apparitor, from officium, office, duty)

official and his See also:

STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff. The government See also:

FOREST

forest See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, i founded in 1896, has done good work in the division, and the See also:

CONSERVATOR (Lat. conservare, to preserve)

conservator of forests has his headquarters in Chieng Mai. The headquarters of an See also:

army division are also situated here. A See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

consul resides at Chieng Mai, where, in addition to the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

law courts, there is an See also:

INTERNATIONAL, THE

international See also:

court having See also:

jurisdiction in all cases in which British subjects are parties.

The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, about 20,000, consists mainly of See also:

LAOS

Laos,with many Shans, a few Burmese, Chinese and Siamese and some fifty Europeans. See also:

Hill tribes (Ka) inhabit the neighbouring mountains in large See also:

numbers. Chieng Mai was formerly the capital of a See also:

UNITED

united Lao See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom, which, at one See also:

time See also:

INDEPENDENT

independent, afterwards subject to See also:

BURMA

Burma and then to Siam, and later broken up into a number of states, has finally become a provincial division of Siam. In 1902 a rising of discontented Shans took See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in Bayap which at one time seemed serious, several towns being attacked and Chieng Mai itself threatened. The disturbance was quelled and the malcontents eventually hunted out, but not without losses which included the commissioner of Pre and a European officer of See also:

GENDARMERIE

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