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NOETLING : PETROLEUM IN BURMA. 



Year. 



1893. 



1894. 







Brought forward . 



... 



143,892 



April . 



. 



. 



27,229 



44,099 



May . 





. 



30,108 



65,945 



June . . 





. 



25,858 



61,886 



July . . . 





. 



16,391 



58,523 



August . . 







21,350 



59,5oo 



September 







25,989 



59.170 



October 







35,726 



60,511 



November . 







37,396 



58,663 



December . . 





Total . 



51,880 



63,196 





281,927 



674,085 



This table does not call for any special remarks, except that, com- 

 paratively speaking, the large increase of the production within one 

 year is solely due to the increased number of wells. 



Chapter III.— THE PETROLEUM PRODUCTION 

 OF BURMA. 

 Having in the previous chapters discussed the production of the 

 two oil fields which were exploited in Burma, up to the beginning of 

 1895 as well as the means by which this production is obtained, 

 there remains only to consider Burma generally as an oil producing 

 country. I refrain from expressing my views for the period previ- 

 ous to 1878-79, as the data available are more or less unreliable. 



We are, however, able to check the statements regarding the 

 production since 1878-79, from the returns of the import of crude oil 

 into Burma during the financial year 1878-79 to 1885-86. There 

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