VICTORIAN COALFIELDS. 67 



Volatile Fixed 



Locality. Water. matter. carbon. Ash. 



Mirboo, at Boolara .. 42.34 57.21 27.90 2.55 



Lai Lai 22 to 30 15 to 30 40 to 48 18 to 23 



Dean's Marsh 21.92 27.14 36.58 14.36 



The destructive distillation of tar from the Great Morwel] 

 Company's coal gave : 



Water and ammonia 23.6 



Light oils 3.6 



Carbolic oil 14.0 



Creosote oil 6.0 



Anthracene .... 10.7 



Pitch and coke . . . 42.0 



