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CONTENTS. 



Introduction 



Report No. 1. — Odd notes on the country between Tikrit and the Jabal 



Makhul ........ 3 



Report No. 2. — The prospects of obtaining oil in the Jabal Hamrin and 



Jabal Makhul in the vicinity of the River Tigris . 5 



Report No. 3. — The prospects of obtaining oil in the Jabal Khanuqah, 



south-east of Sharqat ...... 14 



Report No. 4. — Prospects of obtaining oil in the Jabal Qaiyarah and its 



continuation, the Jabal Najmah .... 17 



Report No. 5. — Possibilities of obtaining oil in the Jabal Mishrak and 



• country west of Hammam Ah . . . . 25 



Report No. 6. — The country between Mosul and Quwair on the Greater 



Zab, and its prospects as oil-producing territory . 31 



Report No. 7. — Sulphur near the confluence of the Greater Zab with 



the Tigris 35 



Report No. 8. — Prospects of obtaining oil in the Quwair dome . . 37 



Report No. 9. — Oil in the Kirkuk anticline 40 



Report No. 10.— Notes on the geology of the country between Tazah 



Khurmatu and Tauq . . . . . . 46 



Report No. 11 — Oil in the Naft Dagh or Jabal Karach, between Tuz 



Khurmatu and Kifri ...... 48 



Report No. 12. — The Petroleum indications of Kani Qadir and its neigh- 

 bourhood, including those of Gil .... 66 



Report No. 13. — Notes on the Jabal Gilabat between Chinchal-al-Kabir 



and Qarah Tappah ...... 62 



Report No. 14. — Notes on the Jabal Hamrin between Qarah Tappah and 



Table Mountain ....... 64 



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