INTRODUCTION. 3 



the Nuudydroogand Balaghat Mines and Captain James Rowe, Super- 

 intendent of the Champion Reef Mine. I have further to express my 

 indebtedness to Mr. W. F. Smeeth, the head of the Mysore State 

 Geological Department, who most kindly placed at my disposal the 

 valuable resources of his department in regard to maps, 1 specimens and 

 rock-sections ; also to Mr. Pigott, Conservator of Forests in Mysore, 

 to Mr. J. Cameron, the Superintendent of the Lai Bagh at Bangalore, 

 and to Dr. G. Watt, the Reporter on Economic Products to the 

 Government of India, for their assistance in identifying the various 

 timbers in use on the Kolar gold-field. 



In the statistics with which this report has been furnished as 

 fully as possible, the Imperial or long ton of 2,24olbs. has been 

 used throughout; and the Rupee has been taken at is. 4^. or R15 

 to the pound sterling. The returns of output, revenue, profits, etc., 

 are complete to the end of June 1900. 



A general plan of the Kolar mining properties is given on 

 PI. 20. 



1 See PI. 21. 



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