PRODUCTION. 



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being only one highway by which the oil could be transported to 

 Burma, namely the Irawadi, the figures about the quantity of the 

 imported oil may be considered accurate, provided the records were 

 properly kept. We also know that previous to the influx of kerosine 

 oil from America, about one third of the total production of Burmese 

 oil was consumed in the country and are, therefore, justified in 

 estimating with tolerable accuracy the total production from the 

 amount of imported oil. 



Table showing the production of the oil-fields of Burma. 



Financial Year. 



Remarkb. 



1878-79 



1879-80 



18S0-81 

 1881-82 



1882-83 



! 883.84 

 I884-S5 



1885.86 



1,916,769 



3,724,128 



4434,86s 

 3,416,234 



4,221,630 



3,980,528 

 4,577,556 



4,528,667 



P2 



Estimated : the year being one of political disturbance 

 it is rather doubtful whether these figures even ap- 

 proximately represent the actual output ; it is more 

 likely that they are„beIow the mark. 



Estimated. The estimate is based on the statement 

 of a late Burmese minister, that about 15-6 lakhs 

 of viss : or 32*5 per cent, of the annual production 

 were consumed in Upper Burma ; the rest was 

 exported to Lower Burma. The import of crude 

 oil was registered at Thayetmyo, and this quantity 

 was accordingly estimated at (>■/'% per cent, of the 

 total production. The production of Yenaugyat 

 is estimated at viss 100,000. 



1 Estimated, see note above. The import has, however, 

 decreased, and it only amounts to 6i'5 per cent, of 

 the total production. It is supposed that during 

 these three years the proportion between con- 

 sumption in Upper Burma and export into Lower 

 Burma did not change. Production of Yenangyat 

 as before. 



Estimated, if however the same proportion of con- 

 sumption and import (38-5 : 61 5) were used for the 

 calculation of the production, the result 62 and 63 

 lakhs of viss per annum would apparently be too 

 high. The ratio of imported oil must therefore be 

 necessarily higher, and it is supposed that it is 

 the same as in 1886-87, namely, 822 per cent, of 

 the total production ; this may be too much, and 

 the actual production is therefore rather higher 

 than the estimate. Production of Yenangyat as 

 before. 



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