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MAUNG-MIA TOIIN AND CREEK Division, British Burma. Area, 1224 square miles. The coast-line consists of a flat and sandy beach, bordered by grassy plains, varying in width from a quarter to half a mile. From the coast as far north as the Kok - ko channel, the country is uninhabited during the rains ; at other seasons temporary fishing hamlets are established by the inhabitants of the villages farther inland. The lower portion of the country, especially to the eastward, is low and intersected by tidal creeks, whose banks have a decp fringe of heavy forest. From the Kok-ko northwards, the country gradually rises, the intricacy of the creeks diminishes, and the size of the plains and permanently inhabitablc spots increases. In the western and central portion of the township, north of La-bwut-ta, in 16° 18' x. lat., the land rises into small well-wooded hills; and here small tracts of rice cultivation appear, which, farther north, in the centre of the township, increase in size. In the north - western corner an outcrop of inagnesian limestone forms low hills, which are densely wooded. The extreme northern portion consists of a narrow tract of low ground, which stretches up 15 miles north-north-east, between the Pya-ma-law and the Myaungmya creeks, The most important streams, besides the numerous creeks in the lower portion, are the VYAUNG-NYA-HAUNG and the Ywe, which both leave the Myaung-mya at the town of that name, the VYAUNG-NYA itself, and the PYA-MA-LAW. This last is one of the mouths of the Irawadi, which it leares at Shwe-laung in the township of the same name in Thon-kwa District, and reaches the sea by two mouths, the Pya-ma-law and the Pyin-tha-lu. It is navigable by river steamers throughout its entire length; its mouth, where there is a formidable bar, is 4 miles wide. The township is now divided into eight revenue circles. In 1876–77, the population was 34,914; in 1881, it was 45,242. The gross revenue in 1882 was £19,182. Myaung-mya (formerly Tshiep-gyi).—Town and head-quarters of the Myaung-nya township, Bassein District, Irawadi Division, British Burma; situated in lat. 16° 35' N., and long. 94° 51' E., on the Myaungniya creek. Population (1881) 2315; number of houses, 374. It was the scene of the first rising among the Karens in 1853 Nyaung-nya contains a court-house, police station, market, and a large pagoda with an image of Gautana Buddha. Revenue (1881-82), £ 122. Myaung-mya.-Creek in Bassein District, Irawadi Division, British Burma, forming the northern boundary of Myaung-mya township. This channel leaves DAGA near OT-Po, in lat. 17° 4' N., and long. 95° 16' En, and runs south under various nanies, till, turning westward a little east of Myaung-mya, it takes the name of that town. It is navigable by river steamers of 300 tons burden from a short distance above MYAUNG-MYA;