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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=JG0DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1 ''Practical sailing directions and coasting guide from the Sand Heads to Rangoon, Maulmain, Akyab, and vice versa. To which is added, Directions for the entire Bay of Bengal and Straits of Malacca''] by N Heckford Sixth Edition, Enlarged and Improved 1871 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/ficuselasticainb00stre ''The Ficus elastica in Burma proper or a narrative of my journey in search of it : a descriptive account of its habits of growth and the process followed by the Kakhyens in the preparation of caoutchouc''] by G. W. Strettell 1876. Archive.org [Natural rubber, or India rubber]
*''Burma Past and Present, with Personal Reminiscences of the Country'' by Lieut-General Albert Fytche, late Chief Commissioner of British Burma 1878. [https://archive.org/details/burmapastandpre01fytcgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/burmapastpresen02fytc Volume II]. Archive.org. Includes details of his career in India and (mainly) Burma 1839-1871.
*''The British Burma Gazetteer'': [http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/lsidyv390a46e9#ark:/81055/vdc_00000003500F.0x000007 Volume I] 1880 itemViewer British Library. Also available through the [http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?menuitem=0&fromTop=true&fromPreferences=false&fromEshelf=false&vid=BLVU1 Main Catalogue] as a pdf download (enter title, and then select 'I want this'). [http://www.archive.org/stream/britishburmagaze02spea ''Volume II''] A-Z 1879 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023461456#page/n5/mode/2up ''Correspondence respecting the Ruby Mines of Upper Burmah''] presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty 1887 Archive.org
*[http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=sea;cc=sea;q1=Calcutta;rgn=title;view=toc;idno=sea289 ''Tourist guide and shopping list : where to go, what to see, where to shop in Calcutta and Burma''] 1920 Southeast Asia Visions
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924023498458#page/n3/mode/2up ''Burma Pictures''] c 1920 Archive.org
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in:8080/dlix/handle/2015/19322 ''Burma From The Earliest Times To The Present Day''] by J G Scott, 1924 is available as a pdf download on the Digital Library of India.
*[https://archive.org/stream/indiain19301931032269mbp#page/n645/mode/2up/search/Rangoon+riots Rangoon riots in 1930] pages 551-553, ''India in 1930-1931'' Government of India 1932 Archive.org
*''Trials in Burma'' by Maurice Collis 1938 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. The author was a member of the Civil Service in Burma, and his autobiography covers the years 1928-1931, particularly his role as District Magistrate of Rangoon, and the riots of 1930. Also see [[Maurice Collis]]
