Records of the Geological Survey of India June 1919

from the beginning of the year to the 12th April on which day his services were placed temporarily at the disposal of the Government of India in the Finance Department. [...] The formation of the Singhbhum serpentine appears to have been effected by the action of siliceous solutions for the occurences are characterised by the absence of magnesite and by the formation of great quantities of chert usually along the margins of the ultrabasic masses but sometimes as dyke-like streaks pentrating the serpentinous rocks as in Chitung Buru. [...] In consequence of the reported occurrence of large quantities of lead slag in the district of Putao which has recently been brought under the administration of the Government of Burma the Local Government asked that a member of the Geological Survey should investigate the mineral resources of that district. [...] larger of the two was handed over to a commercial firm to be worked on behalf of the Government and owing to the difficulty of finding mining engineers it was arranged that the services of Lieutenant Colin Campbell at present attached to the Geological Survey should be made available for the supervision of the milling operations in that area. [...] The occurrence of mica in Udaipur State was referred to in the General Report for last year in which it was stated that the attention of the Udaipur Darbar had been drawn to the promising nature of the pegmatites.