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NOETLING: PETROLEUM IN BURMA 



i August, 



the 



minimum in 



July. 



May, 



„ 



i» 



March. 



May, 



?i 



ii 



February. 



June, 



»» 



» 



January. 



J«iy, 



i ) 



*» 



February. 



June, 



u 



ii 



January. 



September 



,, 



ii 



February. 



March, 



i) 



„ 



February. 



December, 



i » 



i> 



February. 



year. — If we note the months in which the maximum and minimum 

 production took place, we see that it was recorded in : — 



in 1886 the maximum was in August. 

 1887 

 1888 

 1889 

 1890 

 1 891 

 1892 

 1893 

 1894 



We see that during the nine years over which the observations 

 have extended, the minimum production has been noted eight times 

 during the first quarter of the year ; only once, in 1886, was it observed 

 in July ; as, however, 1886 was by no means a normal year, and as 

 it is recorded that in July of that year oil was drawn only during 

 about 20 days, we may disregard this observation as unreliable. The 

 maximum production was noted seven times out of nine during the 

 months May to September, namely, twice in May, twice in June, once 

 in August, July and September, it was only once noted in March, and 

 once in December, but it may be added that in both years the maxi- 

 mum noted only slightly exceeded the production of the months 

 of July and May respectively. 



To make the matter clearer still I have computed the average 

 production of each month of the year, which is as follows : — 



January 564.49S vise, 



February 5 2 °-372 >, 



March . 566,719 „ 



April S35,3!2 „ * 



May 59', 984 ,. 



June 642,890 „ 



July 664.653 ,, f 



August 645,233 „ 



September 611,532 „ 



October 622,608 „ 



November 633,222 „ 



December 596,214 „ 



* April 1&91 has been disregarded as an anomalous month. 



+ July 1886 ditto ditto ditto. 



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