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got clear and boring resumed. The work done was a monument 

 of patience and skill. The other bore, that at Bancanya, Broken 

 Hill district, is still in progress at a depth of 3,600 feet. It 

 required five strings of casing to be used before the immense 

 bodies of drift met with all the way down to the 1,300 feet level 

 was successfully pierced. Since that depth the bore has been 

 continued at one diameter, viz., four inches, the smallest at that 

 depth, 3,660 feet, ever attempted. 



The following return indicates our yearly progress : — 



Bores completed previous to June 1894... 



June 1894 to June 1895 

 „ June 1895 to June 1896 



June 1896 to June 1897 

 „ June 1897 to date 



Total completed to date 



Total depth bored previous to June 1894 

 „ „ June 1894 to June 1895 



„ „ June 1895 to June 1896 



June 1896 to June 1897 



Total depth bored 



... 



26 



... ... 



12 



... ... 



10 



... ... 



11 







7 







66 



... 34,678 feet 



... 22,516 



5> 



... 29,055 



)) 



... 20,104 



)J 



... 31,234 



1 



...137,587 



Jl 



Average cost, including casing and all charges 



previous to June 1894 ... 38/7 per foot. 



Ditto, June 1894 to June 1895 .<,. ... 36/10 „ 



„ June 1895 to June 1896 37/3 „ 



„ June 1896 to June 1897 27/1 



Flow from bores sunk previous to 



June 1894 (approximate)... 8,983,500 gals, per day. 



1 Includes bores in progress (10) , 



