This post presents page 26 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).
Vocabulary:
တပ်ရင်း ။ battalion
ခြေလျင် ။ on foot
ဘားမားရိုင်ဖယ် ။ "Burma Riffles"
အသံကောင်းဟစ် ။ make pious sounding noises
အခွန်ထမ်း ။ a tax payer
Translation:
| Department | British nationals | Myanmar nationals |
| Administration | 72 | 60 |
| Legislation | 19 | 19 |
| Separate regional jurisdictions | 27 | 27 |
| Police | 56 | 24 |
| Agriculture | 9 | 4 |
| Veterinary treatment | 4 | 3 |
| Forestry | 62 | 15 |
| Education | 12 | 10 |
| Medicine and Health | 22 | 18 |
| Public works | 45 | 12 |
| Rail | 65 | 14 |
| Legislation | 19 | 19 |
| 403 | 210 | |
... in the prisons; for security of the reserved jurisdictions another 6 battalions were deployed in the regions of Southern and Northern Shan State, the Chin Hills, Myitkyina and Bamaw District; 2 British infantry battalion were placed in Yangon Migaladon and May-Myo; and for 4 battalions of the Burma Riffles
[individuals] were chosen and collected from among the Chin, Kachin and Karen ethnic nationalities and deployed separately in Migaladon, Mandalay, Meiktila and May-Myo.
Calling it by the righteous sounding name "People's Representative Administration System (basic self rule)", starting in 1921 an election to the District Council (Circle Board) was held with a system of voting by tax payers from the relevant regions.

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