SZEMAO
Hai, via Yuan Chiang and Pu Erh-fu, connects Szemao with the existing erland telegraphs. Considerable ethnological interest centres in the neigh- ¡ Szemao. Writing on this subject in the course of his Trade Report for ommissioner of Customs remarked : "It is of much interest to notice s aboriginal races in this part of Yunnan, living side by side with, erentiated from, the Chinese, and possessing distinct customs, characteris- ditions of their own. In the surrounding mountains we find the Lolo and n the low-lying plains the Shans, known to the Chinese as Pa-i; interspersed s the vassal tribe of the Akus. In the vicinity of the Chinese towns little of the Mahe and Putu, who are offshoots of the Woni, are to be met with. g north to Yuan-chiang and eastwards south of the Red River as far as Mau- home of the Woni race, who are a swarthy people sub-divided into several ar Talang a few Min-chia live-people who have migrated from Ta-li and g, the headquarters of this large branch of the Shan race. At Shih-ping hiang there are several tribes of Pa-i, or Shans proper, and some Yao also are in the mountains to the east of Szemão ----a remarkable race which is to be met ttered hamlets in mountainous districts as far eastwards as Kwangsi. The hit the prefecture of Chên-pien-t'ing, to the westward of Szemao, and their mode of life but little yet is known. The relentless march of civilisa- ver beneficial to the world at large, is bearing hardly on the aboriginal nkind; and the south-western portion of this ancient province of Yunnan e of the few remaining territories where they are still permitted a local
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TE- GREAT BRITAIN
DIRECTORY
-General-P. E. O'Brien-Butler ling at Yunnanfu)
MPERIAL MARITIME
n charge--F. Rospigliosi
Examiner --J. Bartolini
POST OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE
Acting sub-district postmaster – Tong
Kum Chuen
TELEGRAPH OFFICE, IMPERIAL CHINESE
Manager--Yang-wen-kuang