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MYELAT , a See also:

division of the See also:southern Shan States of See also:Burma, including sixteen states, none of any See also:great See also:size, with a See also:total See also:area of 3723 sq. m., and a See also:population in 1901 of 119,415. The name properly means " the unoccupied See also:country," but it has been occupied for many centuries. All central Myelat and great parts of the See also:northern and southern portions consist of See also:rolling grassy See also:downs quite denuded of See also:jungle. It has a great variey of different races, Taungthus and Danus being perhaps the most numerous. They are all more or less hybrid races. The chiefs of the Myelat are known by the Burmese See also:title of gwegunlamu, i.e. chiefs paying the See also:revenue in See also:silver. The amount paid by the chiefs to the See also:British See also:government is Rs. 99,567. The largest See also:state, Loi See also:Long, has an area of 1600 sq. m., a great See also:part of which is barren hills. The smallest, Nam Hkon, had no more than 4 sq. m., and has been recently absorbed in a neighbouring state. The See also:majority of the states See also:cover less than See also:loo sq. m. Under British See also:administration the chiefs have See also:powers of a See also:magistrate of the second class.

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chief cultivation besides See also:rice is See also:sugar-See also:cane, and considerable quantities of crude sugar are exported. There is a considerable See also:potato cultivation, which can be indefinitely extended when cheaper means of export are provided. See also:Wheat also grows very well.

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