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No. 1 2. Arracan Co. 



One well of 140 feet. Water not good. No further 

 record. 

 No. 13. Vi€toria Oil works. Section — 



o— 20 ft. grey clayey silt. 

 20 — 80 „ fine grey sand. 



80—100 ft. yellowish sand, 

 100—120 ,, fine sub-angular gravel. 

 !2o — 134 ,, pepper and salt grey sand. 

 134 — 155 „ sand with small pebbles. 



'5S- 'S° ■> sand - 



190 — 215 „ small sub-angular gravel. 



215-218 ,, sand. 



318—230 ,, gravel mostly small, imperfectly rounded, with some 



fragments of J inch across. 

 230 — 236 ,, fine sand, 

 236 — 24° n gravel as before. 

 240—250 ,, fine grey sandy silt. 

 250 — 257 ,, coarse grit. 

 257—265 „ fine white sand. 

 265 — 273 ,, sand and grit. 

 2 73~276 11 white sand. 

 276—279 „ white grit. 

 2 79~ )■ gravel, Ho f inch. 



No. 14. Irravvady Flotilla Co. 



One well of 170 feet, water brackish, No further 

 records. 

 No. 15. McGregor Brothers & Co. Section said to be — 



o— 50 ft. blue clay. 

 50 — 62 ,, red clay. 

 62 — 96 ,, sand. 



96—224 „ gravel, then sand and thin beds of white clay 

 224 — 228 ,, gravel. 



No. 16. Foucar Brothers & Co. 

 No record. 



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