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an excess of carbonate over chloride, and might yield a substantial 

 deposit "whenever it dries up sufficiently, There are then prospects 

 of only a very small production of chaniho from the Sanghar taluqa, 

 and no prospects of any production of chaniho from Khipro, nor. 

 as far as we know, from any of the dhands in the southern taluqas, 

 for it is to he assumed, siace the dhands so far tested are saline, and 

 since no one has ever heard of any alkali being produced from the 

 dhands of the southern taluqas, that the area is one of salt and not 

 alkaline deposits. 



At the request of the Commissioner in Sind,* samples of brine and 



of salt were sent to me from various deposits 



Moghal Boin area, an( j ( j} um Js near Shahbandar and Moffhal Bein 



Karachi district. , . .- _. * -, 



m the Karachi district. No alkali was round 



in the solid specimens, while the brines from the following dhands. 



Kayur, Verh I, Verh II, Chach-Mumbrani, Sallewaro-Dhoro, 



were saline with less than 0-5 grams of Na 2 C0 3 per litre. 



