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of a trial’boring although ovidcnco of the presence of water wa9 insuff •
to allow of any certain judgment being givon : the members of tho Shuie plQlit
minion, who visited the locality later, expressed the opinion that a test b • '
would be necessary. No reliable data as to the probable cost of such an 0°nil8
tion could be procured, and the Anglo-Porsian Oil Company, when appro.^,Cra'
stated that tho only terms on which they were prepared to tako up the
prise was on the basis of a percentage of the total cost. It was, therefore enter!
posed to ask the Anglo-Pcrsinn Oil Company to sick a trial boring on* e?r°*
arrangement of this nature, but later opinion favours the condenser80016
estimates are being called for and carefully studied. ’ atl^
S. GK KNOX, Major,
Offg. Political Resident in the Persian
