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NOETLING : PETROLEUM IN BURMA. 



April 

 May . 

 June . 

 July . 



August 

 September 

 October 

 November 



Year. 



Brought forward 



December • . • • • 51,880 



Total 



674,085 



This table does not call for any special remarks, except that, com- 

 paratively speaking, the large increase of the production within one 

 year is solely due to the increased number of wells. 



Chapter III.— THE) PETROLEUM PRODUCTION 



OF BURMA. 



Having in the previous chapters discussed the production of the 

 two oil fields which were exploited in Burma, up to the beginning of 

 1895 as well as the means by which this production is obtained, 

 there remains only to consider Burma generally as an oil producing 

 country. I refrain from expressing my views for the period previ- 

 ous to 1878-79, as the data available are more or less unreliable. 



We are, however, able to check the statements regarding the 

 production since 1878-79, from the returns of the import of crude oil 

 into Burma during the financial year 1878-79 to 1885-86. There 

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