356 Notices of 3Iemoirs — Capt. Q. A. Strover — 



(1822), p. 120, used the term "Weald Clay, confounding witli 

 it the Gait. 



B. Smith had confounded this with Kimmeridge Clay, and had 

 mapped both as "Oaktree Clay." "Webster had grouped with 

 " Ferruginous Sand." 



C. Nil. 



Hastings Sands. A. (a) Fitton. (&) 1824. (c) Ann. Phil., vol. viii., 

 n.s., p. 373. id) Hastings Sands, (e) Named because at 

 Hastings "the strata are well developed and conspicuous," 

 p. 377. 

 B. The formation had been grouped with " Ferruginous Sand" 

 by "Webster, with the " Iron Sand " by Conybeare and 

 Phillips, and as they remark at p. 136, " It is not possible to 

 assign the synonyme employed in the geological works of Mr. 

 Smith." 

 C The subdivisions of the Hastings Sands into " Horsham 

 Stone," "Tunbridge Wells Sand," " Cuckfield Clay," "Grin- 

 stead Clay," ""WadhurstClay," "Ashdown Sand," "Ashburn- 

 ham Beds," were made by Messrs. Bristow and C. Le Neve 

 Foster in the Geol. Survey maps, published 1864. 



"Wealden, as a group name, was first proposed by Mr. Martin in his 

 " Memoir on a Part of Western Sussex," 1828, and adopted 

 by Fitton in a paper read in 1827!! Trans. GeoL Soc, ser. 2, 

 vol. iv., p. 103. 



I. — On the Metals and Minerals op Upper Burmah. By Capt. 

 G. A. Strover, Political Agent, Mandalay. 



[Publisked by order of the Government of India ; Department of Agriculture, Revenue, 



and Commerce.] 



THE Chief Commissioner having called for a report upon certaiin 

 mineral products of this country, it has occurred to me that as 

 many years have elapsed since any concise information has been 

 given upon the subject of metals and minerals generally, and as our 

 knowledge regarding these products has been greatly extended of 

 late in consequence of increased intercourse between the British and 

 Burmese Governments and the subjects of each nation, it will not be 

 out of place, and of some interest, to give a brief sketch of the re- 

 sources of Upper Burmah as regards the same. 



Qold. — It has been genei-ally supposed that Upper Burmah is not 

 rich in itself as regards this metal, but there would seem to be good 

 grounds for supposing that it exists very extensively. In former 

 years the gold used in the country was imported from China to the 

 extent of some 400 or 500 viss annually, but the imports have con- 

 siderably decreased since the commencement of the Mahomedan 

 rebellion in Yunan, and now do not exceed 200 viss per annum, the 

 deficiency being imported from Eangoon. It is an article that is 

 greatly used in the decorative art, and appears to be generally 

 plentiful. 



