Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Burmese

by Edgar Thurston

Burmese.—A few Burmese are trained as medical students at Madras for subsequent employment in the Burmese Medical service. At the Mysore census, 1901, a single Burman was recorded as being engaged at the Kolar gold fields. Since Burma became part of the British dominions in 1886, there has been emigration to that developing country from the Madras Presidency on a large scale. The following figures show the numbers of passengers conveyed thence to Burma during the five years, 1901 — 05: —

1901	84,329
1902	80,916
1903	100,645
1904	127,622
1905	124,365