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Strang, Steel and Co., Ltd., resigned their lease. From 

 1894 to 1897, the property was held by the Jelibu Mining 

 and Trading Co., Ltd., whose operations have been 

 described by Parry. The amount of ore exported during 

 the three years was 3,407 cwts. 1 

 1897. R. Parry. " Report on Tin-mining in the Malay States of 

 Perak and Selangor, and in Mergui." Rangoon. 

 In 1905, Snow published the results of his prospecting opera- 

 tions in the same locality, and following on these the 

 Burma Development Syndicate took out a mining lease 

 which is still in existence. A large dressing plant was 

 installed but mining operations have never been success- 

 ful and are confined at present to small-scale ground 

 sluicing operations. 

 During the years 1888 to 1892, a systematic exploration of the 

 tin-bearing deposits of the Mergui and Tavoy districts 

 was carried out under the orders of Government, by a 

 party of prospectors under the superintendence of 

 T. W. H. Hughes of the Geological Survey of India, 

 the results of which were published in two reports. 

 1889. T. W. H. Hughes. " Tin Mining in Mergui district." Rec., 

 Geol. Surv. /we?., Vol. XXII, pp. 188—208. 

 This gives detailed particulars of each deposit examined, the 

 nature of the country and the conditions of labour. 

 1893. T. W. H. Hughes. "Report on the Prospecting Operations, 

 Mergui District, 1891-92." Rec, Geol Surv. Ind., Vol. 

 XXVI, pp. 40—53. 

 This paper deals mainly with details for the administration 

 of the fields. Reports drawn up by Messrs. Ross Clunis 

 and Primrose, the prospectors attached to the party, 

 are given in appendices. The opinion is expressed that 

 the deposits generally are sufficiently large and acces- 

 sible to prove remunerative under economical manage- 

 ment, and that as the country is opened up payable 

 deposits will be found to the north and east of the area 

 examined. 

 1904. K. M. Foss. " The Occurrence of Tin and Gold in Lower 

 Burma." Min. Joum., Vol. LXXVI, pp. 505—506. 



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