Bhamo'

Bhamo', a town of Burmah, is at the head of the navigation of the Upper Irawadi, 40 miles to the west of the Chinese frontier, and 300 miles from Mandalay. It has long been a mart of Burmese trade with China; and attention has been directed to it, especially since the annexation of Upper Burmah by Britain, as an important centre for the development of trade between India and China through Western Yunnan, along the trade routes to the eastward. These prospects have been greatly promoted by the Anglo-Chinese agreement of 1893, and the establishment of a British Consul at Manwyne in Yunnan. The chief goods exported to Yunnan are ornamental feathers, serpentine, amber (for official buttons), English cottons, and other cloths. The trade is mainly in Chinese hands. Steamers ply to Rangoon, and a railway has been projected. Pop. 6986, Burmans, Shans, and Chinese.