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Second Report on the Tin of Mergui. By Capt. G. B. Tremen- 

 heere, F. R. S. % Executive Engineer, Tenasserim Division. 



No. 3373. 



From the Military Board. 



To the Hon'ble W. W. Bird, Esq. 



Deputy Governor of Bengal, 



Fort William, 1st October, 1842. 



Honorable Sir, — In continuation of our letter, No. 3403, dated 

 the 16th October 1841, we have the honor to submit in original, 

 Captain Tremenheere's letter, No. 183, dated the 27th August last, to- 

 gether with his second Report on the tin of Mergui, and to recommend 

 that a copy of this Report, and also of the one forwarded with our 

 letter above alluded to, with the specimens of tin, may be transmitted 

 to the authorities in England, or to Professor Royle. 



2d. The Superintending Engineer has reported to us, that he has 

 received from Captain Tremenheere, three more boxes of specimens. 

 These we have called for, and when received in this office, they shall 

 also be forwarded to Government. 



We have, &c. 

 (Signed) J. H. Patton, Chief Magistrate. 

 „ J. Cheape, Lieutenant Colonel. 



„ T. M. Taylor, Lieutenant Colonel. 



„ A. Irvine, Major. 



No. 183. 



To Major R. Fitzgerald, 

 Superintending Engineer, South East Provinces, Fort William, 



Sir, — I have the honor to forward by the H. C. Steamer Enterprize, 

 my second report on the tin of the Mergui Province, and to advise you 

 of the despatch by the same opportunity of three boxes of specimens, 

 the contents of which are enumerated in the report. 



2. I have also to report, that on my return from Mergui, I despatch- 

 ed by the Ship Ann Ranken, direct to London, a box of specimens 



