History of Myanmar's labour movement (p25/505)

This post presents page 25 of The History of the Myanmar Labour Movement by Thakin Lwin (Bagan Books, 1968).

Vocabulary:

ခြွင်းချန် ။ to leave out, omit
ကြီးကြပ် ။ to supervise, superintend
ငြိမ်ဝပ် ။ (of people) to be still, quiet, calm
ပိပြား ။ to be prim, demure
စပ်ကြား ။ interval
သင့်လျော် ။ to be suitable, proper
ရေးဆွဲ ။ to draw up schemes, plans, laws, etc.
တစ်ချက်လွှတ် ။ irrevocable
ပဋိညာဉ် ။ vow, promise, pledge, agreement
သီးသန့် ။ separately, specially, reserved, special
ချိုင့်ဝှမ်း ။ valley
စိတ်ဖြာ ။ to cut into strips, analyse
ကော်မရှင်နာ ။ ?
အရေးပိုင် ။ have authority or jurisdiction; Deputy Commissioner
ငွေတိုက် ။ government treasury

Translation:

According to the new administrative system, aside from the fact that the governor himself administered the departments of defence, foreign affairs and finance and the reserved jurisdictions, regarding special matters of domestic peace, of government civil servants and officials, of ethnic nationalities and of finance, [the governor] not only needed, but also accepted, the advice and assistance of government ministers. In the affairs of the departments that the governor himself administered, neither of the two parliaments had the governor's advanced permission to discuss, act or pass legislation. If it was necessary, during an interval between the meetings of parliament, the governor was able to use his cabinet to draft and promulgate appropriate, irrevocable laws. In the governor's advisory council (the government organisation), aside from ministers who were [given positions] by the desire of a majority from the Lower Parliament, the governor could give responsibility to 3 appointed advisers to be ministers of relevant departments. The 3 aforementioned advisers were officials who pledged [allegiance] to British rule. (The reserved jurisdictions that were omitted included Northern Shan State, Southern Shan State, the Chin Mountain Region, the Kachin Hills, the Naga Hills, Chindwin District, Myitkyina District, the Hukaung Valley, Salween District and the ThonHton[?] administrative units.) The aforementioned administration was called "The reign of the 91 departments".

The form of British imperial rule was such that according to the way it was administered jurisdictions were divided and power was distributed incrementally from top to bottom such as at to the division commissioners, district commissioners, commissioners of administrative units and towns, and village heads. The list included on one side (table #1 [page 26]) is a list, which [according to] the upper row [lists] the numbers of the administrative officials according to nationality and according to the type of responsibility they had up to 1939.

In the list of administrative officials, on the second row, among the 827 people, there are 500 Myanmar people, 195 English people and 132 Indians.

For issues of national security and defence the governor formed a security council with advisory council ministers and as many upper level officials as were needed and [deployed] 15,000 police and an additional 3 armed military police units to the government treasury and prisons...