Based on a draft report by Oliver Milton & R.D. Estes about a survey in the reserve in July and August [1959 ?] `when the monsoon was at its worst making it difficult to find, follow, and identify rhino tracks. More than half the Reserve, i.e. over 60 sq. miles, was sampled including some 25 sq. miles in which grew abundantly two sources of food particularly favoured by the rhinoceros, namely Kyansa (Toddalia aculeata) and Kyein (Calamus sp.), where the rhinoceros were expected to be found.' From all the evidence obtained, both directly and by questioning the locals, it appears that there are now only two rhinos living in this area (some believe 3) confined to the upper reaches of the streams in the remotest parts of the Reserve.
Considerable depletion of wild life took place in the Rserve during and since the last war until about 1956, anti-government elements have made protective control by the Forest Department impossible. From local evidence it seems that since about 1940 at least 17 rhinos have been killed. This figure may represent only a part of the total destruction.
Calamus sp. and Toddalia aculeata
Myanmar, Shwe-U-Daung, 1959. Two sources of food particularly favoured by rhinoceros, namely Kyansa (Toddalia aculeata) and Kyein (Calamus sp.).
1959, Myanmar, from 500 kyats ($105) to 1000 kyats ($210) per inch
Calamus sp. and Toddalia aculeata
1959, Myanmar, 500 kyats, $ 105 per 1 viss = 3.65 lb
1959, Myanmar, 50 kyats, $10.50 per 1 viss=3.65 lb
Myanmar, Shwe-U-Daung, 1959. Two sources of food particularly favoured by rhinoceros, namely Kyansa (Toddalia aculeata) and Kyein (Calamus sp.).
1959, Myanmar, 5 kyats, $ 1.05 per half ounce
1959, Myanmar, 100 kyats, $ 21 per 1 viss = 3.65 lb
