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Sec. III, Ch. 3: Author's Connection with the Ruby Mines of Burma

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174                     The Ruby Mines of Burma.
of the agreement by the Secretary of State for India he obtained the Chief Commissioner's sanction to hold an ordinary mining license. He likewise obtained the mo­nopoly of purchasing stones in the Ruby tract on payment of an ad valorem duty of 30 per cent, to the Indian Government. Shortly afterwards he returned to Manda-lay, en route to England, leaving Mr. Atlay at Mogok to carry on mining work at the mines and to purchase Rubies on behalf of our syndicate. Mr. Atlay, thus left to himself, soon found that he was exposed to much treachery and that he was powerless to prevent smuggling by the miners.
Meanwhile difficulties had arisen at home as to granting the concession. Notwithstanding the large sum of money which we had expended, since we had been the accepted concessionaires of the Government of India, the Secretary of State in Council declined to ratify the provisional agree­ment, until he had obtained definite information as to the value of the mines and as to the protection of native rights. With the view of ascertaining the value, it was de­cided to send from England a Mining Geologist to report upon the mines and their probable yield. Accordingly Mr. C. Barrington Brown was commissioned to proceed, to Burma, and he reached the Ruby mines on January 10, 1888.
Those who were acquainted with the working of the machinery behind the scenes were not altogether without an explanation of the remarkable change of attitude towards our Syndicate. An enterprise of so romantic a nature as the exploration of the famous Ruby mines of Burma could not fail to attract much public attention ; and both in Parliament and in the Press, at home and in India,
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