CONTENTS. 



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3. The number of wells in the native reserve 



A. Period previous to 1888 . 



B. From 1888 to the beginning of 1895 



{ad) 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 Yenangyoung 



Oilfield . • . . • 



Chapter II.-THE YENANGYAT 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 

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Chapter IV.— THE COST PRICE AND THE TRADE 



VALUE OF THE BURMESE PETROLEUM 213—226 



1. Local consumption of Crude Oil • . • 218 



2. Import of Crude Oil from Upper into Lower 



Burma ... .... 219 



3. Export of Petroleum and its Products from 



Rangoon 221 



Appendices. 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (WOOD-CUTS). 



Fig. i. Diagrammatic section through the Minbu Mud Volcanoes 



„ 2. Diagram showing the mean monthly yield of petroleum from 

 1886 to 1894 



„ 3. Diagrammatic section showing the sudden change from arena- 

 ceous to argillaceous beds, between wells 159 and 161 . 



„ 4. Diagrammatic section showing double unconformity above the 

 first oil sand in the Aungbanyo ..... 



„ 5. Diagrammatic section showing the intersection of perpendicular, 

 horizontal and diagonal veins of eruptive mud in miocene 

 sandstone Taungle-yo east of Berne village 



„ 6. Diagrammatic section showing diagonal veins of eruptive mud 

 in miocene sandstone near well 310 . • • • • 



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