PETROLEUM TRADE. 



225 



Financial Year. 



-1 — 



Export of 



mineral oil 



from Rangoon. 



Export of 

 mineral oil 

 and paraffine 

 wax from 

 Rangoon. 



Balance 

 probably repre- 

 senting local 

 consumption. 



I880-81 . 













180 



1 8-o* 



82 



1881-82 . 













28-1 



28-1* 



71'9 



1882-83 . 













34*6" 



34'6* 



65"4 



1883-84 . 













360 



36-0* 



74 



1884-85 • 













3ri 



316 



68-4 



1885-86 . 













32-1 



34*i 



65'9 



1886-87 . 













280 



3ri 



68-9 



1887-88 . 













35*5 



397 



60*3 



1888-89 . 













28-0 



31 *o 



69*0 



1889.90 • 













No record. 





1890-91 . 













No record. 



. 



1891-92 . 













33*1 



38*1 



61 '9 



I892.93 . 













25-0 



30'0 



70-0 



1893.94 . 













207 



25-8 



74*2 



* No export of paraffine wax. 



The table proves clearly that only a small percentage of the 

 total quantity of crude oil is again exported from Rangoon, in any 

 shape, either crude or refined. During the last financial year this 

 quantity amounted just to one fourth of the quantity of the imported 

 oil. 



The balance must find its way somewhere, and most naturally 

 the idea almost suggests itself, that the oil is consumed in the country 

 chiefly in the shape of illuminating oil. This view is strongly sup- 

 ported, when we examine the import of foreign mineral oil into 



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