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3. Four quart bottles of each water will be the quantity usually 

 required, the bottles to be of common black glass, perfectly clean ; 

 the corks if possible new, and it is well to steep them for a few days 

 in the water of the spring ; the corks to fit accurately, and to be se- 

 cured with dammer and string, in the usual way in which beer is bot- 

 tled in this country, placed in a box with four divisions ; and packed 

 with tow. 



4. "With sulphurous waters it is particularly necessary, that the 

 bottle be quite full ; acidulous, alcaline and gaseous waters may be 

 exposed to the air for an instant, before being corked, and it is espe- 

 cially necessary to be careful in tying down the corks of such. 



5. Specimens of any confervse about the well or of any deposits 

 from it, as well as of the rocks in the neighbourhood, should also 

 be sent. 



6. A notice should accompany, stating whether the natives of 

 the country believe in its medicinal power, and in what diseases 

 they count it useful. 



7. There should be no delay in transmitting the waters, which 

 should be sent by dak bangy to the address of the Secretary, Medi- 

 cal Board. 



8. "When Medical or other officers on the spot are able to afford 

 any chemical information respecting the waters, or are for instance 

 able to observe whether the mineral ingredients are constant in 

 quantity, they are requested to communicate it. — Especially in cases 

 of gaseous waters, such as those containing Carbonic Acid or Sul- 

 phuretted Hydrogen, it is very desirable that they should endea- 

 vour to determine the quantity of gas present. 



9. Information is wanted as to the accessibility of the spring, 



and healthiness or otherwise of the neighbourhood. 



Hot springs in Martaban and Tenasserim, Pe- 7 a a. c. t» 



troleum springs in Pegu, j Suptg.Surgn.Pegu. 



Petroleum springs, Arracan and Assam, Seeta- ") ^ 

 coond near Chittagong, j .uacca. 



Uteer 30 miles from Pooree, , 



Hot springs near Chauneh in Bancoorah, 



Ditto ditto Sooree, ^Barrackpoor 



Ditto ditto Eajmehal 



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