CONTENTS. 



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2. The Construction of Pit wells • . 



3. The number of wells in the native reserve 



A. Period previous to 1888 



B. From 1888 to the beginning of 1895 



(aa) Productive wells • . • 



(1) Depth of pit wells • 



(2) Production of the pit wells 

 (bb) Unproductive wells . . 



(1) Abandoned wells • • 



(2) Wells under construction 



(3) Well sites • 



4. The production of the pit wells . . 



A. Period previous to 1886 . • 



B. From 1886 to the end of 1894 



5. The drilled wells .... 



A. Number and depth of drilled wells 



B. Production of the drilled wells 



6. Summary of the production of the Yenan 



gyoung Oil-field • • • 



Chapter II. — The Yenan gyat Oil-field • • 



1. The Pit wells . 



A. Period previous to 1887 



B. From 1886 to the end of 1894 



2. The drilled wells ... . . 

 Chapter III. — The petroleum production of Burma • 

 Chapter IV. — The cost price and the trade value of the 



Burmese petroleum . .... .259 — 272 



1. Local consumption of Crude Oil . . . 264 



2. Import of Crude Oil from Upper into Lower 



Burma ....... 265 



3. Export of Petroleum and its Products from 



Rangoon . . • . . . 267 



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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (WOOD-CUTS). 



Fig. i. Diagrammatic section through the Minbu Mud Volcanoes 95 



„ 2. Diagram showing the mean monthly yield of petroleum 



from 1886 to 1894 ....... 115 



„ 3. Diagrammatic section showing the sudden change from 

 arenaceous to argillaceous beds, between wells 159 and 

 161 124 



„ 4. Diagrammatic section showing double unconformity above 



the first oil sand in the Aungbanyo . . . . 125 



„ 5. Diagrammatic section showing the intersection of perpen- 

 dicular, horizontal and diagonal veins of eruptive mud 

 in miocene sandstone, Taungle-yo east of Berne village 128 



„ 6. Diagrammatic section showing diagonal veins of eruptive 



mud in miocene sandstone near well 310 • . • 129 



„ 7. Diagrammatic section showing unconformity and horizon- 

 tal veins of eruptive mud in upper miocene sandstone 

 near wells Nos. 530 and 541 • . . 130 



