852 



Second Report on the Tin of Mergui. 



[No. 12.9. 







Proportions per cent. 



Proportions per 



cent, re- 









reported sick during 



ported sick during the month 



Remarks. 







the month at Mergui. 



in the Jungles. 







April, 1840. 



i\/r , 



io£ 



24i 



* -15 



1840. 



The number 

 of convicts 



May, 



?? 



20 



21 ! S 



137 



» 



from which 



June, 



?> 



26 f 



27- 



'l37 



>> 



these propor- 

 tions were 



July, 



?) 



20 



12 1 - 6 





determined, 



August, 



>> 



i5 3 i 



61 



» 



varied at 

 Mergui, from 



September, 



>> 



ll 1 - 



57 



» 



136 to 230, 







59 



27|| 





and in the 



October, 



)5 



llf? 



89 



j> 



Jungles from 

 94 to 204. 







31 



it* 



>> 



November, 



J) 



"S 



»« 



>> 





December, 



J> 



*S 



34? 



»> 





January, 1841. 



^15 

 6 74 



16$ 



1841 





February, 



>> 



q59 

 417 



>» 





March, 



>J 



9i 3 



16i 6 











73 



« 



» 





April, 



>> 



7? 



'39 



26- 



192 



»> 





May, 



5) 



c 13 



8 s5 



20 



>> 





June, 



>> 



14- 



2 7 4 7 



55 





July, 



>) 



*39 



9 22 



189 



a 





August, 



5) 



9~ 



16 3 * 



if 





September, 



5? 



.o53 



l6 2\9 



« 76 



8 103 



)j 





October, 



5> 



Q 16 



b 3l 



^18 

 6 4? 



j> 





The receipts of tin ore up to this date are, 

 From Kahan, corresponding with sample, No. 1. 



" despatched from Mergui, 15th June 80 viss 



" ditto ditto 18th July 177 „ 



ditto from Mergui 17th Augt. 118 „ 



, ri Total, 375 viss or 12 cwt. 241b. 



From Yahmon, corresponding with sample, No. 2 



" despatched from Mergui 18th July 166 viss or 5 cwt. 15tb 



Total from both places, 541 viss or 17 cwt. 69Ifo 



Moulmein, (Signed) G. B. Tremenheere, 



iith August, 1842. Capt. Bengal Engr. Ex. Engr. Ten. Div. 



(True copies,) H. V. Bayley, 



Depy. Secy, to the Govt, of Bengal. 



We have lost no time in giving this valuable report and its plan to the public, and we should add 



here, that the specimens have been divided ; a part having been sent home to the Hon'ble the 



Court of Directors, and a part retained for the Museum of Economic Geology.— Ed. 



