WUNTHO  , a native

state of Upper Burma annexed by the British and incorporated in the district of Katha in 1892 . Wuntho was classed by the Burmese as a Shan state, but was never on the same footing as the true Shan states, and only escaped be-coming an integral part of the Burmese empire through Burmese want of system . The Shan name is Wying Hso, " the city of the high." It had an area of about 2400 sq. m. with 15o,000 in-habitants, and lay midway between the Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers . When the British annexed Upper Burma in 1885 the state became a refuge for rebels and dacoit leaders . Finally in 1891 the state broke out into open rebellion, the sawbwa was deposed, and a force of 1800 troops under General Sir George Wolseley occupied the town of Wuntho and reduced the state to order .