Who’s Who in Burma by Sir Harcourt Butler 1927

Title page of 'Who's Who in Burma' showcasing biographical records of prominent residents, published by the Indo-Burma Publishing Agency.

WHO’S WHO IN BURMA 1927
H. E. SIR HARCOURT BUTLER, GOVERNOR OF BURMA.
A Biographical Record Of Prominent Residents Of Burma With Photographs & Illustrations.
Compiled And Published By
The Indo-Burma Publishing Agency, Calcutta & Rangoon.

  1. Ah Kine, Lai (Contractor)
  2. Alexander, George Alexander Homfray (Deputy Commissioner of Income tax, Burma)
  3. Adamson, John Walter (Deputy Commissioner)
  4. Ahuja, Tickamdas Naraindas (Managing Partner of Messrs. D. A. Ahuja & Co. Hony. Magistrate)
  5. Ahmed, Ebrahim, alias Be Shwe Mya, M.B.E. (Mergui)
  6. Aik, Tan Teik (General Merchant)
  7. Aiyengar, Ramaswami Gopala (Advocate)
  8. Aiyar, Mylapore Ananthanarayan Sundara (Rao Bahadur)
  9. Aiyar, Sivaramakrishna Virappa, B.A., B.L., (Barrister at Law)
  10. Alagappa, V.R.A.L Chettiar (Agent)
  11. Ameen, Dr. M. N., (Chief Medical and Health Officeer, M.Y.S. Jamals’ Firm)
  12. Alibhai, Alijah Mahomed (Member of the Khoja Community)
  13. Anderson, John, James, B.A., I.C.S., (Commissioner Tenasserim Division)
  14. Anklesaria, Dr. Jehangir, Ardeshir, M.B., B.S., D.P.H, D.T.M., (Assistant Director of Public Health)
  15. Aung, U Saw Hla (Member of the Legislative Council Pleader, Akyab)
  16. Aung, U Hla (General Merchant. Commission Agent, and Landed Proprietor)
  17. Arunachellam, N.S.A.R. Chettyar (Money Lender and Banker)
  18. Aung, U Pe (Member of the Legislative Council, Rice Merchant, Mill Owner and Landed Proprietor)
  19. Aung, U San, K.S.M., A.T.M. Headquarters Assistant and Additional District Magistrate, Akyab)
  20. Aung, U Shwe Zan, B.A., K.S.M., A.T.M (District Superintendent of District, Akyab)
  21. Auzam, Mr. Mahomed, M.L.C., (Bar at Law)
  22. Ba, The Honorable Mr. Justice U., B.A., K.S.M (Judge of the High Court, Rangoon)
  23. Baguley, John Minty, B.A., I.C.S., (District and Sessions Judge)
  24. Baker, John Edward (Civil Service)
  25. Balthazar & Son, Ltd.
  26. Ban, Khoo Sain (Chief Cashier of the Netherlands Trading Society, Rangoon)
  27. Banerjee, Dhirendranath (Vakil)
  28. Bannerji, M.M. (Public Prosecutor, Thayetmo)
  29. Banerji, T. K., (Advocate, Public Prosecutor, Pakokku)
  30. Baroni, J. R. J., (Burma Civil Service)
  31. Basu, Rai Sahib Ashutosh (Assistant Secretary to the Government Finance and Revenue Department)
  32. Baw, U Hla, I.S.O., K.S.M., (Sessions Judge, Retired)
  33. Baw, U Kyan (Twinzayo)
  34. Beadon, Major Vernon, M.C., I.A., (Deputy Commissioner, Magwe)
  35. Bhoy, Akbar Ali, (Pleader, Thaton)
  36. Bin, Dr. U Shwe, L.M.P. (Private Practitioner, Mandalay)
  37. Beadon, Cornwallis, William, Roger, (Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lashio)
  38. Bhansali, Dr. Narbheram Prabhudas, M.B., B.S., (Late Captain, I.M.S)
  39. Bin, Saw Yone (Member of the Legislative Council, of Messrs. S. Hoke & Sons, Rice Millers, Bassein)
  40. Bhymeah, Mr. Hajee Mahmood Esoof (Youngest son of the late Mr. Hajee Esoof Bhymeah)
  41. Bisset, Ernest, Lt. Col., I.M.S., (Director of Public Health)
  42. Black, B., M.D
  43. The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, Limited, Rangoon
  44. Booth Gravely, Walter, M.A., I.C.S., (Member of the Legislative Council)
  45. Bose, Kshitish Chunder (Pleader and President, Insein Munieipality)
  46. Boyd, Archibald Edward (Collector of Customs)
  47. Brown, The Honorable Mr. Justice Harold Arrowsmith, B.A., Bar at Law, I.C.S
  48. Britton, Charles, John, James, (Hide Merchant)
  49. Bennison, John Jennings, I.C.S.
  50. Batty, Archibald Douglas George Staunton, M.V.O., A.D.C. (Governor of Burma)
  51. Browne, Charles Edward (Burma Civil Service, retired)
  52. Bu, U Hla, (Contractor and Commission Agent)
  53. Bu, The Honorable Justice U Mya, (Additional Judge, High Court of Judicature)
  54. Butterfield, Lt. Col. Edward, I.A., D.S.O., (Member of the Legislative Council)
  55. Bu, Maung Hla, B.A., (Advocate. Superintendent of King Edward’s Memorial High School, Chairman of the District Agricultural and Co-operative Societies, Member of the Text Book Committee, Member of the Secondary School Advisory Board)
  56. Burma Corporation, Limited
  57. The Burmah Oil Company, Ltd.
  58. Burma Railways Company. Limited.
  59. Bulloch Bros. & Co. Ltd.
  60. Byan, Khoo Tun, (Pleader, Tavoy)
  61. Butler, Sir (Spencer) Harcourt, G.C.I.E., cr. 1923; K.C.S.I., cr. 1911; C.S.I., 1909; C.I.E., 1901; I.C.S., D.Litt.; D.C.I.; F.R.G.S.; F.Z.S.; Honorable Life Member of the American Museum of Natural History; Kt. Of Justice, St. John of Jerusalem
  62. Carlos, Dr. L. L., F.R.C.S.I. Dubl., L.R.C.P. & S. Edin., L.R.F.P. & S. Glas., etc.
  63. Carr, The Honorable Mr. Justice William, I.C.S., (Judge of the High Court)
  64. Charlton, James, (Indian Agricultural Service)
  65. Cowasjee, Nanabhai Merwanji, M.A., (Barrister at Law, Advocate, High Court, Rangoon)
  66. Crosthwaite, Bertram Maitland, V.D., M.L.C
  67. Chye, Saw Bah, (Commission Agent and Proprietor of the Thu Damma Wadi Press)
  68. Chain, Dr. Ba Than, B.A., M.B., CH.B. (Ed)
  69. Chakko, Dr. C., M.B., (Private Practitioner, Rangoon)
  70. Chan, Ong Boon, Sayagale, (Paddy and Sugar Candy Merchant, Proprietor of Sin Hock Seng & Co., Pyinmana, with branches in Toungdwingyi, Lewe, Ela, Kongyi and Yedashe)
  71. Chari, Honorable Pundi Chetlur Desika, Vakil.
  72. Chalmers, David Ferguson, I.C.S.
  73. Chari, The Honorable Mr. Justice Parungavur Narasimha, B.A., B.L., Judge, High Court of Judicature at Rangoon.
  74. Chari, Perungavur Srinivasa, B.A., B.L., Advocate, High Court
  75. Cheng, Saw Chin, (Inspector of Schools, I.E.S.)
  76. Chetti, Cuddalore Rockasawmi (Doctor)
  77. Chit, U. Ba, (Superintendent of Land Records, Minbu)
  78. Cho, Maung Ba, B.A., (Pleader)
  79. Cho, U. E., T.D.M., (Superintendent, Government Translation Department)
  80. Chong, Khen Beng (Member of the Legislative Council, Burma. Managing Proprietor, Heng Huat & Co.)
  81. Chowdry, Abdool Baree (Rice Miller, Contractor, Khedda Licensee, Owner of steam Launches, Dockyards and Foundry, etc)
  82. Chowdry, Santimay Ray (Advocate, Pyinmana)
  83. Christiansen, Otto Honoratus (Stevedore)
  84. Chor Khine, Mr. Chan, (The eldest surviving son of the late Chan Mah Phee the well known Millionaire, Merchant, Landowner and Philanthropist of Rangoon)
  85. Crow, Dr. Charles George (Intlian Medical Department)
  86. Christopher, Sydney Albert (Barrister at Law)
  87. Clark, George Sampson
  88. Chong, Tay Soo (Assistant Manager, Overseas Chinese Bank, Ltd)
  89. Daing. U Sein (Barrister at Law, third Additional Magistrate)
  90. Daniel, D. J., M.A. (Mad.), B.L. (Cal.), B.L. (Rangoon)
  91. Das, The Honorable Mr. Justice Jyotis Ranjan (Bar at Law)
  92. Duckworth, The Honorable Mr. Justice Edward Dyce, I.C.S., (Judge of the High Court of Judicature, Rangoon)
  93. Daruwalla, Ahmed Sulaiman (Manager, Messrs. Jamal Brothers Cotton, Ginning, and Oil Mills)
  94. Das, Bhupendra Nath, B.A., B.L., (Advocate of the High Court of Judicature, Rangoon)
  95. Dawn, Walter Archibald William
  96. Dawood, Adamjee, Hajee
  97. Dey, Dr. Prabodh Kumar, M.B., CH. B. (Edin.)
  98. Din, U Kyaw (Barrister at Law)
  99. Don, Chan Soo (Member of the Legislative Council, Rubber Planter)
  100. Doyle, The Honorable Mr. Justice John Patrick, B.A., Barrister at Law (King’s Inn, Dublin)
  101. Dubern, The Honorable Mr. Jules Emile, O.B.E.,
  102. Dun, U Ba (Deputy Government Advocate, and Secretary, Burma Legislative Council)
  103. Dun, U Kyaw, T.P.S, Member of the Legislative Council. Advocate 2nd Grade.
  104. Dutt, Surendra Nath (Pleader)
  105. Engledue, Guy (Commander, R.I.M., Akyab)
  106. Eggar, Arthur, M.A., (Cantub), Barrister at Law, Government Advocate, Burma
  107. Ellerman’s Arracan Rice & Trading Co., Ltd.
  108. Emerick, B. R. (Field Superintendent, The Burma Oil Company Ltd.)
  109. Esmail, Esmail Esooff (Merchant, Landed Proprietor, Managing Trustee, Hajee Mahomed Esooff Esmail’s Sparks Street Free Rest House, and Managing Trustee, Hajee Esooff Esmail’s Girls’ School, 28th Street Yangon)
  110. Fenton, Colonel Alexander, I.M.S., Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Burma. Member of the Burma Legislative Council, President, Burma Medical Council, and Burma Midwives’ and Nurses’ Council.
  111. Finlayson, Arthur James, Offciating I.E.S
  112. Fuller-Good, Lt. Col. James, I.M.S.,
  113. Foster, Thomas Oliphant (Architect)
  114. Flowerdew, Major Richard Edward, B.B., ch.B. (Aberdeen). D.T.M. (Eng.), I.M.S.
  115. Francis Medical Hall (Manufacturing Chemists)
  116. Fyffe, Rt. Revd. Rollestone Sterritt, D.D., M.A., (Bishop of Rangoon)
  117. Gale, U Maung (Member of the Legislative Council, Mandalay. Proprietor of Mannyun Rice Mill, and Donor of Mahaweyanbontha Kayungtaik Monasteries, A. Road)
  118. Gale, U Tin (Personal Assistant to the Postmaster General, Burma)
  119. Glay, U Lu (Gold Leaves Merchant, Municipal Commissioner)
  120. Ghine, Moung Moung Ohn (Member of the Legislative Council)
  121. Gaunt, Clive Herbert, I.L.B
  122. Barnier, Robert (Pleader, and Notary Public)
  123. Gangooly, B., (President Maymyo Municipality)
  124. Gaung, Dr. U San, L.M.P., (Managing Proprietor of the National Medical Hall, B. Road, and Merchant Street, Mandalay)
  125. Gautama, Mandhar Datta, M.B., B.S. (Punjab), (Medical Practitioner)
  126. Ghosh, Charu Chandra (Entomologist, Agricultural College, Mandalay)
  127. Ghine, Lim Oo (Mine Owner, Rubber Planter, and Merchant, Mergui)
  128. Ghosh, Jitendra Kumar (Consulting Engineer)
  129. Ghosh, Dr. S. K. (Homeopathic Physician, Naturopath and Psycho Therapist)
  130. Gill, Robert Robson (Deputy Superintendent of Police)
  131. Gosh, Raj Kumar
  132. Giles, Sir Robert Sydney, KT., M.A., Barrister at Law, President of the Legislative Council)
  133. Glascott, John Richard Donovan, C.I.E., Member of the Legislative Council, Agent, Burma Railways.
  134. De Glanville, Oscar James Lardner, O.B.E., C.I.E., Member of the Legislative Council, Barrister at Law
  135. Grant, Charles Frederick, M.A., I.C.S., (Commissioner, Magwe Division)
  136. Gomez, Joseph Francis (Personal Assistant to the Commissioner, Magwe)
  137. Grewal, Dr. Rajinder Singh, L.M.S (S’Pore.), Civil Asst. Surgeon.
  138. Gyaw, Kyoungtagayi U Ya, Saw Mill Owner, Municipal Commissioner, and Honorary Magistrate
  139. Gyee, U Maung, M.A., M.L.C., Bar at Law
  140. Gyi, U Aung (Pleader)
  141. Gyin, L Po (General Merchant, and Insurance Agent for Messrs. Steel Bros & Co., of Rangoon, and Purchase Agent to Messrs. The Arracan Co., for Upper Burma Produce.)
  142. Gyi, Maung Ko (General Merchant and Broker, Pyinmana)
  143. Gyi, Kwai Ba, alias Kwai Teong Kee (Land Owner, Banker, and Merchant, Rangoon and Maubin)
  144. Gyi (2), U Aung, B.A., (Burma Civil Service, Headquarters Assistant, Hanthawaddy)
  145. Gyi, Sir Joseph Augustus Maung, Kt., Barrister at Law, Home Member to the Government of Burma)
  146. Gamble, Victor Felix, C.I.E. 1923. (Private Secretary to the Governor of Burma since 1923)
  147. Gledhill, Alan, I.C.S., (Additional District and Sessions Judge, Tharawaddy)
  148. Haldar, Basanta Kumar (Advocate)
  149. Han, U Thein, B.A. (Cal.), Burma Civil Service.
  150. Hamid, Mr. A., (Son of Mian Ghulam Mohamed Sadiq, a Rice Merchant and Tea Exporter of Peshawar)
  151. Haw, Aw Boon (Proprietor of the Eng Aung Ton (Tiger) Medical Hall
  152. Han, Maung Ba, M.A., ph.D., Docteur d’ Universite, Barrister at Law.
  153. Hnon, U Po, T.D.M., (Sub divisional Police Officer, Eastern Division, Mandalay)
  154. Heald, The Honourable Justice Sir Benjamin Herbert
  155. Edith, Lady Herald (Wife of the Honorable Sir Benjamin Heald and daughter of the Rev. John Bonser, B.A., of Nottingha,, Provincial Commissioner for Burma, Civil Guides Association; President, National Council of Women for Burma, and President, Young Women’s Christian Association, Rangoon, 1926.
  156. Home, Walter, C.I.E., (Managing Director of Burma Railways)
  157. Heath, Clement John (District Superintendent of Police)
  158. Hla, U Aung, B.A., K.S.M., (District and Sessions Judge, Prome)
  159. Hla (1), Maung (Deputy Superintendent of Police)
  160. Hla, U Pan, A.T.M., (Extra Assistant Commissioner (Retired), President of the Akyab Municipality)
  161. Hla, U Kyaw Zan (Additional District and Sessions Judge, Pyapon)
  162. Hla, U Po, A.T.M., (Health Officer, Moulmein)
  163. Hla, U Tin (Pleader)
  164. Hlaing, U Kan, A.T.M., (Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Rangoon)
  165. Hoe, Ko Sit (Proprietor, Wetlu Rice Mill, Bassein)
  166. Hong, Lee Woot (Rice Miller, and owner of the Wor Lee Lone & Co., Rice Mill and Kong Hip Saing of Rangoon)
  167. Hopkins, Edward Dean Blanchard (Master Mariner)
  168. Hsipaw
  169. Htat, U. Nyaung, alias Teoh Sit (Rice Miller, Rubber Planter and General Merchant, Mergui)
  170. Htin, Saw Chin (Assistant Inspector of Schools, Rangoon Circle)
  171. Htoon, U Ba, (Head Broker, Messrs. The Anglo –Burma Rice Co., Ltd., Rangoon. Hony. Treasurer, The Burma Swaraj Party, Rangoon. Advisory Committee Member, The Burma Provincial Co-operative Bank, Ltd., Rangoon)
  172. Htoon, U. Mg. Tha, (Banker)
  173. Htoon, U Kyaw (Barrister at Law, Son of U Htoon Aung, Merchant of Akyab)
  174. The Indo-Burma Petroleum Company, Limited
  175. Irrawaddy Flotilla Co., Ltd.
  176. Inn, Khoo Jin (Manager, Overseas Chinese Bank)
  177. Iyer, A. J., (Contractor and Government Auctioneer, Maymyo)
  178. Iyer, A. Sami (Proprietor, The Indian Import Company, Rangoon)
  179. Iyer, S.P.S., F.C.R.A. (Glasgow), F.I.P.A. (India)
  180. Jackson, Eugene Wentworth Disney, M.C., B.A., B.A.I., A.M.I.C.E.I., (Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Minbu)
  181. Jamal, J. A. K.,
  182. Jan, Khan Saheb, M.A.
  183. James, Dr. Michael, L.M.P., (Assistant Railway Medical Officer, Maymyo)
  184. John, Dr. Stephen, L.C.P. & S., Pegu (Third son, and fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. John)
  185. Jolly, Major Gordon Gray, C.I.E., Indian Medical Service
  186. Jungalwalla, Kaikobad Temoolji
  187. Kaka, C. V. Mohomed, (General Merchant, Maymyo)
  188. Kar, U Po, (Vice President of the Toungoo Municipality)
  189. Kasi, S. R. M. S. L. Chettyar (Son of Letchmanan Chettyar, a well known banker of Mogul Street, Rangoon)
  190. Kathiresan, P. R. V. Chettyar (Agent, C. T. P. A. S. Chettyar, Bankers, Maymyo)
  191. Kathiresan, S. A. S. T., (Agent, firm of S. A. S. T. Kathiresan Chettyar, Banker and Money Lender)
  192. Kha, M. A. Rahman, alias Maung Kha (Proprietor of “The Beauties of Burma Face Powder Co.,” and the “Pyinsa Rupan Press”)
  193. Keith, The Honorable Sir William John, KT., M.A., C.I.E., I.C.S.
  194. Kirkwood, Lieut.-Col. Andrew Torton, O.B.E., (late of the Indian Army, Cantonment Magistrate’s Department)
  195. Kendall, William (Deputy Agent, Burma Railways)
  196. Kenny, Major Dick Edward Courtenay (Deputy Commissioner Pakokku)
  197. Kheng, Ong Keat
  198. Khan, Ahmed Golub (Twinza)
  199. Kee, Lim Twa
  200. Khin, Captain U Aung, M.B., ch.B., R.R.C.S. (Edin.), I.M.S.
  201. Khan, Fazal Mohamed (Contractor and Partner, The Indian Engineering Co., Sandoway)
  202. Khoo, Hock Chuan (Mining Engineer, and Mining Geologist)
  203. Khine, Dr. U Kyaw, L.M.P., (Son of the late U Tun Oo, Merchant of Akyab)
  204. Khoo, Lock Chuan, B.A., (Cantab.), Barrister at Law
  205. Khin, U Ba, K.S.M., T.D.M., (Deputy Commissioner, Hanthawaddy)
  206. Kin, Dr. Ba, (Health Officer, Bassein)
  207. Khin, U Thein, B.A., F.C.S., A.T.M., (Senior Assistant Chemical Examiner to the Government of Burma)
  208. Kin, U Tha (High Court Advocate of Pyapon)
  209. Sein Ko, Taw, C.I.E., I.S.O., K.I.H., (Examiner in Chinese, Burma, and retired Superintendent, Archaeological Survey, Burma Circle(
  210. Kongo, K. Uyeyama
  211. Kyaw, Maung, A.T.M., I.F.S.,
  212. Kumaran, Dr. P. I., K.I.H., (Municipal Commissioner, Mandalay)
  213. Kyaw, U (Barrister at Law, Tharrawaddy)
  214. Kyaw, U Ba (Proprietor of Sakangyi Oilfields, in the Thayetmyo District)
  215. Kyaw, Dr. San, A.T.M.
  216. Kyin, U Ba, (Twinza and Advocate, Yenangyoung)
  217. Kyi, U Tok, B.A., (Member of the Legislative Assembly)
  218. Kyin, U Po, (Superintendent of Land Records)
  219. Lamech, Rao Sahib Dr. Jerusalem Swamidian, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. (Edin.), L.R.F.P.S. (Glasgow), L.M., (Dublin), Civil Surgeon. Late Clinical Assistant, Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital. Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital, Royal Central London Ear and Throat Hospital.
  220. Lay, U Ba (Mill Owner, Wetwun, Maymyo Subdivision, Mandalay District)
  221. Littlewood, Ronald Vernon, I.A.R.O., (Burma Land Records Service (Superior))
  222. Lane, Major Charles Reginald Cambridge, M.C., K. G. O. (Lancers General Staff, Burma District)
  223. Lord, Hugh Probyn Malet, Lieut.-Colonel, I.A., (Deputy Commissioner, Meiktila)
  224. Leach, Frank Burton, B.A., I.C.S., (Commissioner, Pegu Division)
  225. Lees, Leonard Martyn, INC.S.
  226. Lloyd, Idwal Geoffrey, B.A., I.C.S., (Commissioner, Mandalay)
  227. Lin, Maung We, B.A. (Cal.), K.S.M., I.E.S.
  228. Lun, U (Landowner, A Burmese Buddhist)
  229. Lwin, U Ba (Headmaster, Myoma Boys’ High School, recognized by the Government)
  230. McCarthy, The Late Sir Frank, Kt., C.B.E., F.R.G.S.
  231. Macdonald, Lieut.-Col. R.W., D.S.O., I.A., (Inspector General of Police)
  232. McDonnell, Thomas Francis Robert (Senior Partner, Legal Firm of McDonnell, Clifton, and Hartnoll, Rangoon)
  233. Morris, Austin, Robert, I.C.S., (Deputy Commissioner, Tavoy)
  234. Macdowell, Kenneth MacLean (Executive Engineer, P.W.D., Minbu)
  235. Millar, Eben Simpson (Agent, The Indo-Burma Pet. Co., Ltd., Yenangyoung)
  236. Maricar, Esoof Naria (Landed Proprietor and Rubber Planter)
  237. Maida, Hashim Mohamed (Private Engineer, and Architect)
  238. Majid, Shaik Abdul (Chief Jailor, Thayetmyo Jail)
  239. Mamsa, Mahomed Ismail (Managing Proprietor of the New Motor Stores)
  240. Myiah, Mohamed Ali (Contractor, Maymyo)
  241. Manook, Isaiah Nierses
  242. Maracan, Esmail Ghani (Member of the Legislative Council, Municipal Commissioner, Akyab)
  243. Martin, Arrakiel Carapiet, M. Inst. St. E. principal of the firm of A. C. Martin & Company Engineers, Builders, and Contractors.
  244. Maung, U Khin, B.A., M.L.A.
  245. Mariano, Victor Joseph (Partner, Rangoon Gazette, and British Burma Press)
  246. Maung, U Maung (Member, Legislative Council, Toungoo)
  247. Maung, U Maung, M.L.C., (Municipal Commissioner and Merchant Prince of Sagaing)
  248. Maung (2), Maung E, B.A., (Barrister at Law, Advocate, High Court of Judicature, Rangoon)
  249. Maung, U Lun, A.T.M., (Member of the Legislative Council, Rice Miller and Land Owner)
  250. Maung, U On (Managing Proprietor of Messrs. U Po Kyin & Co.)
  251. Maung, Dr. Thein, B.A. (Cal.) M.M.F. (Bengal), Member of the Legislative Council
  252. Maung, U Thin (Optician and Proprietor, the Burma National Stores)
  253. May, Maung Htoon (Managing Proprietor, Htoon May Brothers)
  254. Maung, Maung Tun, E.A.C., (Headquarters Assistant, and 1st Additional Magistrate, Magwe)
  255. Massink, Willem, Consul for Holland (Managing Director, Messrs. Massink and Co., Ltd.)
  256. Menon, Capt. Chakyat Govinda
  257. Me, Maung, C.I.E., I.S.O., K.S.M., (Deputy Commissioner)
  258. Me, U, M.I.C., (Pleader, Pauk, Pokokku District)
  259. Mahter, Gulam Mohamed Hashim, (Hony. Secretary the Rander Soortee Sunni Bhora Association, Rangoon)
  260. Merrikin, Matthew Spencer (Commissioner of Police, Rangoon)
  261. Morris, John Samuel (Superintendent of Tharrawaddy Jail)
  262. Menon, Dr. Perumpulavil Radhakrishna, B.A., M.B., C.M., (Civil Surgeon, Pokokku)
  263. Min, U Tun, T.D.M., F.R.C.I., (District Superintendent of Police, retired)
  264. Ming, Li Sen (Acting Consul for China in Burma)
  265. Min, Maung Kyaw, B.A., L.L.B., I.C.S., (Headquarters Assistant)
  266. Mitra, Lalit Kumar, B.A., B.L., (Member of the Legislative Council, Assistant Government Advocate, High Court, Mandalay)
  267. Modan, Mohamed Alli (Piecegoods, and General Merchant)
  268. Mudaliar, R. Sundra Raju (Merchant, and Boat Owner)
  269. Mudaliar, P. Thirunavukarasu, I.D.S.M., (Superintendent, Military Accounts Department)
  270. Munshi, Jehangir Kaikhoshru Ardeshir, B.A., LL.B., M.L.C., Barrister at Law (Prominent Parsee Citizen of Rangoon, Member of the Burma Legislative Council, Member of the Rangoon Municipal Corporation, one of the Trustees fo the Rangoon University Trust Board)
  271. Mya, U (Member of the Legislative Council, Member of the Burma Home Rule Party)
  272. Mustikhan, Osman (Contractor and Managing Proprietor of Messrs. Osman Mustikhan & Co.)
  273. Myaing, Mg., (Deputy Superintendent of Police, Yemethin)
  274. Myin, U Kyi (one of the oldest descendants of Pegu, a wasteland grantee, and rice mill owner)
  275. MacColl, Alexander Malcolm (Imperial Police, Personal Assistant to the D.I.G. Railways and C.I.D)
  276. Mall, Cassim Ebrahim (Proprietor, Messrs. Ebrahim Cassim Mall & Sons, Hardware Merchants, Bassein)
  277. Naidu, Rao Bahadur Mallem Chengalvarayulu, M.L.A., F.R.A.S., M.R.A.S., F.T.S., Barrister at Law (Advocate of the Madras and the Rangoon High Court)
  278. Naidu, A. Ramadasss (Assistant Protector of Immigrants and Emigrants, Rangoon)
  279. Naidu, Gudala Venketreddy (Tobacco Merchant and Hony. Magistrate, Moulmein)
  280. Nair, Dr. T. M., M.R.A.S. (Lond.), M.R.I.P.H. (Lond.)
  281. Ngan, Saw Hoke (Rice and Paddy Merchant. Owner of Messrs. Saw Hoke & Sons Rice Mill, Yegyaw, Bassein)
  282. Nge, U Moung (Son of U San Ya, late retired Extra Assistant Commissioner)
  283. Ni, U Shwe (Pleader, Thayetmyo)
  284. Ni, U, B.A., Barrister at Law (Advocate of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon)
  285. Nyo, U Maung (Burma Civil Service, retired)
  286. Noo, Dr. M. Tha, A.T.M., K.S.M., (Civil Surgeon, retd)
  287. Nyun, Capt. Kyaw, M.D., I.M.S., Mandalay
  288. Noor, Syed M., (Honorable Magistrate, Municipal Commissioner. Founder and Managing Proprietor of Noor Brothers, Government and General Auctioneers, Valuers, Commission Agents and Contractors. Son of the Late Hajee Syed Shamsuddin)
  289. Nyun, Dr. Saw (Licentiate Medical Practitioner)
  290. Oh, U Bah, alias Ahmed Ulla, K.I.H., (General Merchant, Rice and Saw Mill Owner, Elephant Dealer, and Forest Lessee, Ela and Okkan)
  291. Okabe, Yinchi (Manager, the Yokohama Specie Bank, Limited)
  292. Oo, U Kyaw (Legal Practitioner, Pokokku)
  293. Oung, The Late Honorable U May, M.A., LL.M., Home Member)
  294. Otter, The Honorable Mr. Justice Robert Edward, M.C., Bar at Law
  295. Ottley, Daniel Nernon William, B.SC. (Eng.) Assoc. M. Inst. C.E. Executive Engineer, P. W. D. Lashio
  296. Pal, Ram Das, M.B., B.S.,(Medical Practitioner, Toungoo)
  297. Palaniyappa, T.S.N., Chettyar (Banker and Money Lender)
  298. Nasarwanji Nowroji Parakh, Dr., L.F.P. & S. (Glasgow), L.S.A. (London), Physician and Surgeon
  299. Pe, U Ba (Paddy and Timber Merchant. Vice President Sandoway Municipality)
  300. Pe, U Ba, B.A., Member of the Legislative Council
  301. Patel, Peshotan Dhujishaw, Barrister at Law
  302. De Paulsen, Christian Ludvig Holten, B.SC., M. Inst. C.E. (Denmark), M. I. Struct. E., M.S.E., Consulting and Mining Engineer
  303. Phelips, Denis Charles Prescot, I.C.S.
  304. Patker, Shamrao Sakharam, B.A. Barrister at Law
  305. Pe, U, B.A., (Burma Civil Service)
  306. Pe, U Chit (Pleader and Landowner)
  307. Pe, U Zaw, B.A., F.R.C.I., I.E.S.
  308. Pe, U Hla (Director of Publicity to the Government of Burma)
  309. Pe, U Yee (Payadaga, Twinzayoe)
  310. Pe, U San (Member of Legislative Council. Pleader, and Rice Miller)
  311. Petley, Charles Arthur
  312. Pillay, P. Chinnasawmy Shunmugam (Advocate, High Court of Judicature, Rangoon)
  313. Pillay, Rao Bahadur Dr. Pudupakkum Thoymon Sawmy (Retired Civil Surgeon and Honorary Magistrate, Rangoon)
  314. Po, Dr. San Crombie, M.D., C.B.E., Bassein
  315. Po, Maung Shwe, K.S.M., T.D.M., (Retired Extra Assistant Commissioner, Moulmein)
  316. Pru, U Hla Tun, M.A., B.L., M.L.A., (Advocate of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon)
  317. Pratt, The Honorable Mr. Justice Henry Sheldon, M.A. Oxon. I.C.S., (Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court, Rangoon)
  318. Pru, U Saw Hla (Barrister at Law)
  319. Pu, U (Pleader, Member of the Legislative Council, Tharrawaddy)
  320. Pyu, Tait Tin (Extra Assistant Commissioner, Mandalay)
  321. Rafi, Mirza Mohamed (Barrister at Law, Member, Burma Legislative Council)
  322. Rajagopal, Dr. Melamyur Mudaliar, L.M.P. (Madras), (Private Practitioner, Maymyo)
  323. Rahmatullah, Khan Sahib Shaikh (Assistant Engineer, Public Works Department, Sandoway)
  324. Rambux, Baboo Naitram (Contractor)
  325. Ram Lall, Bishandas (Government Contractor, and Rice Miller)
  326. Raphael, Raphael Abraham (Managing Partner, Messrs. A. Raphael & Sons)
  327. Rau, Dr. Kuloor Uliya Ganapath, L.M.P., (Medical Practitioner, Rangoon)
  328. Rauf, Mohamed Abdul, B.A., B.C.L. (Oxon), LL.D., (Dublin) Barrister at Law of Middle Temple
  329. Rutledge, The Honorable Sir Guy, Kt., K.C., M.A., (Chief Justice)
  330. Rhee, U Mra
  331. Rose-Price, Commander, R.I.M., (Marine Transport Officer, Mandalay)
  332. Rushall, Richard Boswell, M.B.E., (Proprietor, Rushall & Co., Stevedores and Contractors, Rangoon)
  333. Sankaran, Chettyar, Agent, M.AR.AR. (Chattiar Firm, Bankers and Money Lenders)
  334. Saha, Dr. Amarendra (Son of Babu Gagan Ch. Saha, and Sur Mokshada Moyi Saha)
  335. Saing, Saw Lon, K.S.M., T.D.M (descended from a ruling family of Mong Pyin)
  336. Saminathan, Chettyar (Proprietor of M. S. S. Chettyar Firm, Merchant Street, Toungoo)
  337. San, U Ba, K.S.M., B.A., (District and Sessions Judge, Bassein)
  338. Santos, de Walter St. John, B.A., B.E.S.
  339. Sarin, Dr. Gurudatta (Pathologist, Civil Assistant Surgeon, General Hospital, Rangoon. Director of the Rangoon Clinical Laboratory)
  340. Saini, Ram Sarup (Merchant, Contractor, and Seedgrower, Vice President, Maymyo Municipality)
  341. Sein, Maung (Merchant and Contractor, Municipal Commissioner, and Chairman, Burman Labour Association)
  342. Sean, Tan Gwan (General Merchant, and Rubber Planter)
  343. Sein, John Maung (Pleader, Tavoyzoo)
  344. Stevenson, Henry Louis, B.A., I.C.S., Commissioner
  345. Scott, Francis William, B.A., I.C.S., (Deputy Commissioner, Thayetmyo)
  346. Smyth, William John, B.A., I.C.S., (Deputy Commissioner, Sandoway)
  347. Stephenson, Basil, O.B.E., M.C., (Agent, Imperial Bank of India, Rangoon)
  348. Seng, Oon Kim, T.P.S., (Pleader, Prome)
  349. Sein, U Ba (Member of the Legislative Council)
  350. Simon, Dr. A. I., M.B., B.S. (Madras)
  351. She, U Thet (Extra Assistant Commissioner)
  352. Set, Maung (Deputy Account General, Burma)
  353. Servai, I. Vellasawmy (Landed Property Owner)
  354. Shain, Chew Whee (Merchant, Shipping Agent, Mill Owner, Landowner, and Mine Concessionaire)
  355. Shain, Saw Kyaw (Manager of Messrs. Ban Leong Company’s Rice Mill at Kwanthe, Choungzon Township, Amherst District)
  356. She, U Thet, A.T.M., T.P.S., (Hony. Magistrate and Landowner of Pyapon, and Proprietor of the Pyapon Electric Supply House)
  357. Shu, U Kin (Jailor, Rangoon)
  358. Singh, Dhana (Managing Proprietor, Indian Engineering Co., Builders, and Contractors)
  359. Singh, Ganga (Government Contractor, Mandalay)
  360. Singh, Hazara (Assistant Engineer, P.W.D. Mandalay)
  361. Singh, Baijnath (Proprietor, The Nathsingh Oil Company, Ltd., Yenangyaung)
  362. Singh, Dr. Makhan, M.C.P. & S., (Cal.), (Proprietor of the Pegu Medical Hall, Pegu)
  363. Su, Tan Thean (A prominent Broker in Produce for Many European Firms in Rangoon)
  364. So, U Ba (Advocate of the High Court of Judicature at Rangoon. Member of the Burma Legislative Council)
  365. Solomon, Ebhraim David (Chief Jailor, Rangoon Central Jail)
  366. Sooratee, Mohamed Adjim (Honorary Magistrate, and Chairmal, District Council, and District School Board, Tavoy)
  367. Sooratee, Ebrahim Adjim (Rubber Planter, and Landed Proprietor)
  368. De Sousa, Dr. Aleixo Mariano (Ophthalmic Surgeon Consul for Portugal at Rangoon)
  369. Stewart, Clyve G., (Indian Police Service)
  370. Subramaniam, Gopalakrishna Iyer (Sub Assistant Surgeon, Burma Railways Prome)
  371. Suleman, U (Diamond and Hide Merchant, Government Contractor, and Proprietor of the Kadozeik Saw Mill, Mandalay)
  372. Surty, Khan Sahib Mohamed Goolam Hoosain (Oil well owner and connected with the Burma Oil Co., for over thirty years)
  373. Swan, Dr. Ung Cheng, L.M.P., (Private Practitioner, Rangoon)
  374. Steel Brothers & Co., Ltd.
  375. Snow, Charles Alfred (Director of Public Instruction)
  376. Smart, Stanley Boddington (Extra Assistant Commissioner, Burma)
  377. Swithinbank, Bernard Winthrop, I.C.S., (Deputy Commissioner, Pegu)
  378. Swan, Tan Gyoke (Merchant and Rice Miller)
  379. Syam, Annada Charau, Dr., L.M.S., (Cal.), Civil Surgeon, Kyaukphyu
  380. Swe, U Chit, M.A., Barrister at Law (Moulmein)
  381. Tambe, C.K., (Barrister at Law, Son of Cassipillai)
  382. Tarapore, Pheroze Kharsedji, Colonel, I.M.S
  383. Taylor, Ralph Palmer (Marine Superintendent for Messrs. Bulloch Brothers & Co., Ltd.)
  384. Tha, U Kan (Burma Civil Service)
  385. Taing, Ah Leong Wee (Merchant)
  386. Thet, U Khin (Proprietor of U Khin Thet Company, Mandalay)
  387. Tha, Sir Po, KT., C.I.E., O.B.E., (Broker and Hony. Magistrate)
  388. That, U Yaw (Chairman of the District Council, Yamethin)
  389. Than Tin, U, B.A., (Under Secretary to the Government of Burma)
  390. Than, Maung Ba, B.A., (Pleader)
  391. Than, Maung Ba
  392. Thoung, U Ba
  393. Thaw, Alfred Ba (Captain, Indian Medical Service)
  394. Thaw, U Ba, B.A., B.L., (Subdivisional Judge, Mergui)
  395. Thein, Maung Aung (Proprietor of the Thein Gywe Brothers Printing Press, Prome)
  396. Thein, Maung Ba, B.A., (Manager, U Maung Gyi & Co.)
  397. Thein, U San (Member of the Legislative Council)
  398. Thet, Maung (Pleader, Prome)
  399. Thin, U Ba, K.S.M., B.A., B.C.S.
  400. Thin, U Ba (Barrister at Law)
  401. Thin, Chow Soon (Sole Proprietor, Burmese Curio Depot)
  402. Thin, U Po, K.S.M., A.T.M., (retired Extra Assistant Conservator of Forests, Member of the Legislative Council for Katha)
  403. Tirumalai, T. Mudaliar, (Raw Bahadur, Treasurer, Currency Office, Rangoon)
  404. Trutwein, Frederick Alexander Charles (Advocate, Bassein)
  405. Thit, U (Broker)
  406. Than, U Po (Land Owner)
  407. Thornton, Hugh Aylmer, C.I.E., B.A., I.C.S., (Commissioner, Sagaing)
  408. Taggart, William Qayle, M.C., B.A.
  409. Tun, U Paw, A.T.M., (Member of the Legislative Council, Barrister at Law, Deputy President of the Burma Legislative Council)
  410. Thu, U Hla Baw, A.T.M., (Retired District Superintendent of Police)
  411. Tin, U Ba, (Barrister at Law)
  412. Trench, Desmond Patrick, (Field’s Agent, Finlay Fleming & Co., Yenangyaung)
  413. Trutwein, Percy Wallace (District and Session Judge, Tharrawaddy)
  414. Tsain, U, M.R.A.S., F.T.S., (Barrister at Law of Middle Temple, Lendon, E.C.)
  415. Tun, U (Land Owner, Money Lender, and General Merchant, Pyapon)
  416. Tun, Dr. Aung, B.A. (Cal.), M.B., ch.B. (Edin), Captain, Civil Surgeon, Pegu
  417. Tun, U Mra (Member of the Legislative Council, Akyab)
  418. Tun, U Saw Ba, B.A., (Headquarters Assistant, and Special Power Magistrate, Mergui)
  419. Tin, U Maung, K.S.M., A.T.M., (Extra Assistant Commissioner)
  420. U, Maung Ba (Member of the Burma Legislative Council, Twinzayo, and Pleader, Yenangyaung)
  421. U, U Kyaw Zan (Rice Miller)
  422. Umedchand, Jamnadas (Jeweller, Mandalay)
  423. U, U Mya, F.R.C.S., M.R.A.S., Bar at Law (Sagaing)
  424. U, U San Tun (Akyab)
  425. U, U Tha Zan, B.A., B.L., A.T.M., (District and Sessions Judge, Akyab)
  426. Vakharia, Jehangir Rustanji (Barrister at Law)
  427. Venkataswamy, Dommely (Member of the Legislative Council, Merchant and Contractor, Rangoon)
  428. Veerappa, M. A. L., Chettyar (Banker and Money Lender, Hony, Secretary Nattukotta Chettyars Association, Burma)
  429. Villa, Ernest Andrea (Rangoon)
  430. The British Plumbing & Sanitary Engineering Co., Ltd. (70, Lewis Street, Rangoon)
  431. Deacon Clark & Co.
  432. Wa, San (Barrister at Law, Mandalay)
  433. We, Maung Tun (Timber Merchant, Kotaungbo, Shwebo District)
  434. Watt, James MacGaurin (Proprietor, Rubber Planter, Mine Owner, and Cattle Dealer, Tavoy)
  435. Watson, Hugh, Wesley, Allen (Chief Conservator of Forest, Rangoon)
  436. Whitcombe, Charles Edward (Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Akyab)
  437. Wright, John Moncrieff, C.B.E., B.A., I.C.S. (Deputy Commissioner, Insein)
  438. Wellborne, Major Cyril de Montfort, O.B.E., I.A
  439. Wroughton, Francis Harold (Siamese Consul, Rangoon. Manager, Bombay Burma Trading Corporation, Ltd)
  440. Wellington, Leo Henry (Member of the Legislative Council, Tavoy)
  441. Win, U Ba (Burma Excise Service, Rangoon)
  442. Ya, U Gaw (Government Prosecutor, Monywa and Minbu District)
  443. Yan, Lim Kyee (Proprietor, Tavoy Electric Supplies, and Mine Owner, Tavoy)
  444. Ya, U Tun, K.S.M., A.T.M.,(Deputy Commissioner, Myaungmya)
  445. Yaitt, G. Shwe (Rubber Estate Owner, General Merchant, B.I.S.N. Agent, Pearler, and Mill Owner, Mergui)
  446. Yin, The Honorable U Ba, M.B., ch. B., (Edin.), (Minister for Education, Local Government, and Public Health, Rangoon)
  447. Yain, The Honorable Mr. Lee Ah, K.I.H., (Minister for Forests and Agriculture, Rangoon)
  448. Yo, U Sein (Officiating Deputy Commissioner, Kyaukse)
  449. Ywe, Saya, T.P.S. (Twinzayo, Yenangyaung)
  450. Yonei, Toraichiro (Merchant, Mergui)
  451. Yun, Maung Shwe (Mohamed Ayoob), M.B.E., (Member of the Legislative Council, Advocate, and Public Prosecutor, Mergui)
  452. Zan, U Tha, M.L.C. (Sagaing)
  453. Ibrahim, Babu (Contractor, Pegu)
  454. Zan, U Kyaw, B.A., (Headmaster, Government High School, Minbu)
  455. Ram, Rai Bahadur Sita (Retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rangoon)
  456. Tut, U Tin, M.A. (Cantab), I.C.S., Barrister at Law, (Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Government of Burma, Rangoon)
  457. Kyaw, Maung, B.A., (Secretariat to the Government of Burma, in the Judicial Department, Rangoon)
  458. Nyo, U (Pazaundaung, Rangoon)
  459. Fearnley-Whittingstall, Francis Herbert (Private Secretary to H.E. Sir Harcourt Butler, Rangoon)
  460. Wali Mohamed, Khan Saheb (Contractor and Mill Owner, Henzada)
  461. Hlaing, U Ba, B.A., (1st Assistant Assessor of the Corporation, Rangoon)
  462. Cohen, Abraham Jacob (A. J. Cohen & Co., Rangoon)
  463. Messrs. R. D. TaTa & Co., Ltd.






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