country, 11 wxtftoi Air. Cohpthotin, remarkable, and when tha mil- 

 way from Bangkok to Rahinc. a built it will certainly bo carried on 

 to ZitiinltS in A short tittn\ Wlmover has not visitrd this pbinr ran 

 with difhctilty estimate the iiuportnniv wli'ji-b Tin* t r. l- 1 » - I j :« -= idreiidv 

 w..n, ;uul how M-rwit its futuM prospfels sire. The govern itient nf 

 India and the commercial community oF tikis country arc lmvi' fully 

 ittivr l<i Hi'.- iiiLU"ri:i!i'.'i: Ml' the i|in-.-:i -n ; ij'i-I with the cord in I ii»wt«t- 

 unce of I In? King of Minm, a Kcimiiiii^santv >>l~ North Si.nn iind the 

 Shan country will shortly bo madc t as the initial >>U*p of this policy/ 1 

 Political Divisions. — Like the late Mngdona of Bumiah, Slam 

 comprises region* partly ndiuimateTed directly by the central govern- 

 iiu.'TH, partly held by tin' looser i i ■ ^ nf vassd;ejy and real or nominal 

 tribute. To I lie former category belong Siain proper, including the 

 jrri.Mtirr jwirt of the Mi-mno viilluy, ami tin* proving during tin- pre- 

 sent century wrested from lite kingdom of (.'amliofit * to the latter 

 the Shan and LaoStatc?) oocnpjring the northern flection of the Mem tin 

 basin between 17 J — 20'* hit., and the region stretching theuvu 

 eastward* to Atuuun. 



Siam proper comprise* forty- one separate province*), each governed by 

 a phy*i or functionary of toe highest rank, appointed by the natnu 

 g pw ern nwnt Th«r iro distributed as under s — 



Northern jirimnees, five : Hang-Kotoi:, Pftitmnulak r Phi.mi t B/&Ctog t 

 nw\ Kfimiihctttj J'-L 



Iv.-L-tnn |, r .^ iim-s r f'r-ft/tfnin, jift'i'XtiM, Sttnthu - i-f, PatAt'ft, 

 K'if'iu, Xojjluibttri, X'tMwn-Xitrfitfc, l£(i&jn>j-S<i>i (Pctrui), fitiitulmn'j, find 



Wujih'ni province*, wvi'ii : AfmtHtj-Sin'j, Suplmmtfuiri, Khn-SIttiMt- 

 bttri {Pali-Phrvl:)* R/txtihitri, Nakhmi X<mi, Hakhonkiiri [Tha-Shin), 

 Sain itf- Soit'fkrtwi (JAi.-Awy) . 



Central provinces, Dint : ftUf4mfJL Nnnhiituri, Pntiim-nuitmii, Ayxiihia 

 (A'rMMj-A'kj), .-lj<y-T/jnrJi/ ( .Ifwtivj'Phrwit, M tt'Ot'j-It*, A'ui H.r-', .\ ■.•,'••">•..■ 



>• .uiIutii juvjv im-.-H, tvjj : Vtt i-'f, I'xi.-iuiui, A*'^.v^,/.j.«„f t Jbtjwj, Shan* 

 f-it<tht, Thia\'tr>i } P<r>»thi;>>i t Xninith-,,1, Xniiftt, mid Xatawj* 



Tlie famliojaii province*, now under Staiue*? ntle, and (ilso admiii- 

 isturt-d by high fcsumieao futietionaric*, arc M ondR : — 



Batlamba»g t wcat of the t!n.Mit Luke, with uxtennivo Buddhint n-muins 

 at Ii:iJ^H't ami ocln*r placi'M } colitm of tha bees' -w.i.v iinhislry. 



Kowt, u btwe auil rtofa dktrtet north From BttttAntbuig; 



Anifkw', on the north side of tha Grvwt bnke, where stood the ancient 

 capital of l 'anilwija, who.ie wte ia still jhtil K---I liy tht stupendous mi eh of 

 Angkor* Vali t 



Mitl-nit* oorth-w<'-5t of Angkor, nlso coutaiiiing ftomo reiuarkitMi! ruiti.«t t 

 eueh ii3 thoso of Bftntoy-Shumu* and the givat britlge of Stuug-Streiig, 

 kS'wr^/4, a fom'Ht country north of Khukau 4 



Sanim, \ wooded and hilly dhtlrictrf to the cast of Sur>-it and 

 Jini'au t I Shukan ; still largely occupied by wild tribea, and very 

 j^mf. ( littla known to Bm^euu 



