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remains with the Ordinance Survey, and it is essential for the
conduct of the Geological Survey and mining operations in the Colony
that this map should be reprinted.
on the scales 1/20,000 and 1/80,000.
There are also topographic maps
There is, therefore, little present demand for further
geological mapping although it is possible that in connection with
the development of mineral resources some detailed mapping should be
done locally to replace the lost 1/20,000 sheets.
What is now required, however, is that the mineral deposits
on the mainland, with special reference to wolfram, galena, iron,
ochre, China-clay, etc., be systematically described, and an attempt
made to determine their extent and importance. The best way of
achieving this, should it be practicable, would be to obtain the
services, on secondment, of an experienced Geologist from a well-
established Geological Survey, such as that of the Malayan Federa-
tion; such an officer would have the necessary geological and
mining experience, and, using the available geological maps as a
basis, he could carry out the required additional examination with
the minimum delay. Allowing for a field season of about six
months, he would need to be seconded for a period of about nine
months in the first instance so as to allow time for the examination
of records, the assembling of staff, etc. It is probable that a
second field season would be necessary to completo the survey but
the full extent of the work required could only be determined after
some preliminary examination had been made.
The Malayan Geological Survoy is at prosent very short of
experienced staff, and will shortly lose one experienced officer on
secondment to the North Borneo Territories. It is unlikely there-
for that the Survey could spare an officer until after the next two
ycars. I suggest, therefore, thatin due course enquiries be made
of the Malayan Government as to whether an officer could be spared
during the period September, 1950, to May, 1951. Ho would need to
be given allowances adequate to cover any additional cost of living
with which he would be faced.
Assuming the officer's salary would be £1,200, a sum