NUMBER OF WELLS 



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table will show the number of wells as estimated by different visitors 

 in the years referred to — 



Table showing the number of wells as estimated at different 



times. 



Year 





Name , 



Number of 



wells. 



Remarks. 



1795 







. 



Colonel Symes , 



500 







1797 







• 



Captain Cox . 



520 







1826 







• 



Mr. Crawfurd 



200 







J 838 

 1855 







• 



Captain McLeod . 

 Dr. Oldham . 



l6o 

 200 



Productive 

 only. 

 Ditto. 



wells 



l85S - 







• 



Captain Yule 



| 130 



Ditto. 





1873 







. 



Captain Strover . 



lio 







1874 







• 



Dr. Friedlaender . 



450 







1879-81 







. 



Burmese estimate . 



336 







18S6 







• 



Sir Charles Bernard 



343 







1886 









Dr. Romanis . 



260 



Ditto. 





With the help of these figures given above we see that Colonel 

 Symes' as well as Captain Cox's estimates must be wrong, although 

 their concordance seems to speak for their correctness. But we know 

 that in the beginning of 1891 there existed 642 wells altogether. 

 We further know with absolute certainly that 130 of these wells 

 were dug within the last five years, and we further know that 

 at least 120 wells (the so called Royal wells) cannot be older than 

 30 years. It is even stated that they are not older than 17 years. 

 We know therefore for a certain of 250 wells which are not older 

 than 30 years; most likely, however, not older than 17 years. We 

 would therefore arrive at a number of 392 wells at the utmost on 

 or about the year i860, that is to say, in round figures no wells 

 less than the estimate of about 70 years ago. We would, therefore, 



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