PETROLEUM TRADE. 



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price. Unless much richer fields are discovered, of which, however 

 there is hardly any probability, the trade in Rangoon oil will remain 

 in its present modest, though profitable, position. 



An interesting feature in the above table is the enormous 

 increase of the export of paraffine wax during the period 1884-85 to 

 1893-94, probably due to more improved methods of manufacture. 



The figures show some further interesting facts regarding the 

 petroleum trade of Burma. As the total production of crude oil is 

 known, as well as the imports of the same into Lower Burma, and the 

 exports therefrom in the shape of crude and refined oil, and paraffine 

 wax, it is easy to calculate the proportion these branches of the trade 

 form to the total production. These figures will be found in the 

 following table, in per cents, of the total production of crude oil. 



Financial Tear. 



Import of 

 crude oil into 

 Lower Burma. 



Export of 



mineral oil 



from Rangoon. 



Total export 



of mineral oil 



and paraffine 



wax from 



Rangoon. 



1880-81 . 













67-5** 



n-8» 



1 1 -8** 



I881-82 . 













61 -5* 



167* 



167** 



1882-83 . 













61-5* 



20-8* 



20-8* 



1883-84 . 













61-5* 



21-5* 



21-5** 



1884-85 . 













85-2*** 



261* 



26-3 



1885-86 . 













852*** 



267* 



29 - 3 



1886-87 . 













85-2 



23'9 



26-5 



1887-88 . 













75-0 



267 



29-8 



1888-89 . 













96-1 



26-9 



298 



1889-90 













75-9* 



307 



34"° 



1890-91 . 













eo-5*** 



19-6 



22-4 



1891-92 . 













54-3 



180 



207 



I892.93 . 













59'4 



14-9 



18-0 



I893-94 • 













70'2 



14-1 



181 



* Estimate. *• No export of paraffine wax. *** Probably too high. 



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