To March-May 1905, " Joint Commission conducted by' the late Mr. Litton, the British Consal in Tengyaeh (one of the island frosty porta of Yonoan), a Chinese official, the Taotai Shih, and Mr. Leveson, 1.0. 8,, examined the southern portion of the territory as far as the Hpimew (Chinese P'ien Ma) 26 on western shed between the Salween and the Irrawaddy. As a result of their inquiry the British Government were satisfied that there was no effective Chinese administration west of the proposed bound Certain semi-independent native chiefs, of whom the Teng-Keng chief was the best knows, living on the east or Chinese side of the proposed boundary, were in the habit of receiving does from certain villages lying to the west or Burmese side of the boundary. The British Government offered to give compensation to these chiefs for the dues that they would no longer be par-mitted to collect, The boundary thus claimed by the British has frequently been, overstepped by the native residing la what is admittedly Chivese territory. Uncertainty as to the fature has et anrest among the native tribes and
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