Copper

of ore

Copper matte

Gold

Ilmenite

Iron

The production of copper-ore by the Indian

Copper Corporation Ltd. amounted to 371,458 tons (357,194 tons). A total of 374,742 short tons (348,375 short tons)

was treated in the mill and the production of refined copper amounted to

6,830 long tons (7,200 long tons). 7,750 tons were produced by the Burma

Corporation Ltd. (7,500 tons). 330,690 ozs, of gold were produced from the

Kolar goldfields in Mysore during 1937. (331,856.1 ozs.). The production from the operations of the Burma Corporation Ltd., at Bawdwin, Burma, amounted to 894 ozs. (1,294 ozs.).

. The production in Travancore State

amounted to 181,047 tons (140,477 tons). 2,522,750 tons of iron-ore were produced

by the principal mining companies in Bihar and the Eastern States Agency. (2,484,445 tons). The production by the Burma Corporation Ltd. from their mines at Wetwun,

Maymyo, Burma, amounted to 25,426 tons. (26,316 tons).

This is used as a flux in smelting lead. The production of lead-ore at the Burma

Corporation's Bawdwin mines in Burma amounted to 476,896 tons (468,842 tons); the total amount of metal extracted was 77,650 tons (73,155 tons) including 1,150

tons (1,240 tons) of antimonial lead. The production of calcined magnesite by

the Salem Magnesite Syndicate, Ltd., Salem, Madras, amounted to 10,339 tons. (12,966 tons). The production in Mysore State amounted to 2,384 tons

(2,502 tons). 978,193 tons were produced during the

year. (813,442 tons).

near

tead

Magnesite

Manganese-ore

Mica

297,343 cwts. of mica, including splittings,

were exported from India during the

year. (177,664 cwts.). Monazite

The

production in Travancore State

amounted to 3,081 tons. (2,628 tons). Nickel speiss

The production by the Burma Corporation

Ltd. amounted to 4,020 tons (4,325 tons). This product contains 30-20 per cent. of nickel, 8.94 per cent. of copper, 6-81 per cent. of cobalt and 17.7 ozs. of silver

to the ton. Petroleum

The production in Assam amounted to

65,718,437 gallons, (64,844,712 gallons), in the Punjab 10,026,560 gallons, (4,396,792 gallons) and in Burma 273,807,738 gallons.

(265,570,120 gallons). Salt

The production of salt amounted to 1,898,157

tons, (1,735,888 tons) including 53,813

tons in Burma and 355,166 tons in Aden. Saltpetre

167,147 cwts. were exported from India

during the year (162,808 cwts.). Silver .

The production of silver from the Burma

Corporation Ltd. Bawdwin mines amounted to 6,180,000 ozs. (5,952,000 ozs.) and that from the Kolar gold mines in Mysore State 28,959 ozs. (estimated).

(24,477 ozs.). Tin concentrates • 5,173 tons were produced in Burma in

cluding Karenni and Mong Pai States.

(6,498.8 tons). Tungsten concentrates , 3,028 tons were produced in Burma in

cluding Karenni and Mong Pai States.

(4,562.0 tons). Zinc concentrates

73,552 tons were produced by the Burma

Corporation Ltd., from their mines at

Bawdwin, Burma. (76,807 tons). Zircon

The production in Travancore State

amounted to 1,225 tons. (2,209.9 tons).

MISCELLANEOUS NOTE.

Quarterly Statistics of Production of Coal, Gold and Petroleum

in India including Burma : October to December, 1937.

Baluchistan.

795

917

738

* These figures represent the total amounts of gasolene derived from natural gas at the well-head. Of these amounts a portion is sold locally as “petrol’ and the remainder is mixed with the crude petroleum and sent to the refineries. The figures given in the two columns, therefore, together represent the total 'raw products' ob. tained. These remarks apply to the similar totals quoted in previous Records.

A. M. HERON.

MGIPC-M-VIII-4-30--21-4-38–800.