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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