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In addition to above claims, village is absolutely stripped, all live-stock and movable

property having been looted by raiders—

General village claim

Upper Pienma

Lower Pienma--

Taels.

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680

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Thirty houses, about 2 miles from Upper Village. Headmen, Tung Mo-pa and Tung Chung-yueb. People kotowed to Tengkeng after defeat of upper village. No houses burned, Tengkeng and all his levies stayed for four days. Claim for provisions lumped with that of village of Wang Kai-ho Wang Kai-ho-

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Twenty-four houses. Headinen, Tung Sao chang and Tung Chung-ti. Tung Sao

chiang has a fead, His father was murdered by Tengkeng after expedition of 1905. Told him I could not enquire,

U-tung-

Thirty houses, Headmen, Yang Chung-yueh and Yang Chung-kuan, Whole village has been out for a month collecting buang-lien, and therefore did not appear. Tengkeng stayed one day, and headmen of other five villages estimate claim at.. This village important, as silver and salt lie within 3 or 4 miles on either side.

Pa Ti-ho-

147

[21649]

Sir,

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100 houses in group. Headmen, Tsao Pai-shou (a Lisu) and Fu Chung-yi. Tengkeng

stayed four days. Claim

35

Ku Lan-chai-—-

Thirty houses. Headmen, Miao Chang-an and Pi Chung-li. Tengkeng stayed

six days. Claim

70

Claims for provisions and looting

292

House-tax-

Actually collected for 241 houses

271

Chinese headman and policemen left to collect balance demanded, but villages

depleted by raid and unable to raise more.

List of Claims.

Upper Pionma, destruction of property, &c.

Taels. 680

Lower Pienna and Wang Kai-ho, supplies

P'a Ti-ho

Ku Lan-chai

U-tung

House-tax already collected

Deduct customary house-tax, as in 1905

Claim against Tengkeng..

Say, 2,500 rupees.

Enclosure 3 in No. 1.

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No. 1.

India Office to Foreign Office.~(Received June 17.)

India Office, June 16, 1910. WITH reference to your letter dated the 10th June, 1910, forwarding a report by His Majesty's acting consul at Tengyuch on his recent visit to Pienma in connection with Chinese aggression in the Ngawchang Valley, I am directed to inform you that Viscount Morley concurs in the proposal of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to consult His Majesty's Minister at Peking as to the advisability of making immediate representations to the Chinese Government, urging the withdrawal of all Chinese officials and troops to the east side of the watershed. Lord Morley also concurs in Sir E. Grey's proposal to authorise Mr. Max Müller to warn the Chinese Government that it may be found necessary to dispatch an expedition to the frontier on the lines recommended by the Burmah Government, should he consider such an intimation likely to be effectual.

I have, &c.

R. RITCHIE.

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35

70

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972

271

1,243 25

1.218

Twenty-six Villages of the Hsiao-Chiang Group.

1. Kuan-chai, the largest of the villages,

west bank of river.

2. Shang-lou.

3. Hsi-chiang.

4. Mao-chial.

5. Tu-mo. The principal headmen live in

these first five villages.

6. Chi-kaw.

7. Chih-chueh.

8. Tanng-laug.

9. To-yueb.

10. Pa-niang. 11. Lao-mao. 12. Tang-la. 13. Mang pai

14. La-chun.

15. Tzu-chu Ti (Lagwe).

16. Pai-lai Ho (Hpare).

17. Ta-ka.

18. Chih-pen.

19. O-chang.

20. Chiu Ko-tang (Lisu).

21. Tun-tuang.

22. Lang-yang. With the exception of

1 and 5 the above are all on the

cast bank of river.

23. Kau-kun.

24. Lung-pang.

25. Mao-wu.

26. Yin-lang.