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nil calculation ' of the available supplies of good coal in India, excepting for immediately 

 local demands, and for such common purposes as this inferior coal may suit.' 



20. Murree, $c. Patches of coal and lignite only. 



21. Darjeeling. Coal-bearing rocks near Punkabaree, at the foot of the Darjeoling 

 Hills, and nests of coal and lignite. 



22. Assam. At Terap a minimum thickness of 5 feet ( of clean bright coal was seen. 

 At Namchik, a tributary of the Doehing, within 200 feet in length, 3 thick beds of 

 good sound coal were seen ; one of them 8 feet in thickness. At Jaipur a seam of 17 

 feet occurs, of which 10 feet is a good coal. Several other scams exist .j but from the 

 inaccessible nature of the country it is not possible to obtain an approximate idea of 

 the amount of fuel available. ' It can, however, be unhesitatingly asserted that this 

 amount is very large and most valuable.' 



23. Khasi Hills. Good coal occurs, especially well adapted for making gas. 

 Professor Oldham estimates the available coal of the Khasi Hills at 3,000,000 tons. 

 'It is not improbable that double this quantity will prove to be near the true 

 amount.' 



24. Coal-measures exist in the Garo Hills ; but the Geological Survey failed to find 

 any coal. At (25) Cachar small pockets of coal occur. Similar samples occur at (26) 

 Chittagong. In the island of (27) Cheduba a lignite is met with. 



28. Burmah. In British Burmah no workable coal is known to occur. In Upper 

 Burmah some irregular beds of inferior coal were examined by Dr. Oldham. ' They 

 hold out no prospect of supplying anything more than a very local and limited demand, 

 and even this with inferior fuel.' 



29. Tenasserim. ' Beds of coal near Mergui, in the Tenasserim Provinces, were 

 examined by Prof. Oldham in 1854. They hold out little prospect of affording a large 

 supply, while the coal is of inferior quality.' 



Coal Districts of India, with their Areas and estimated Coal Contents, 



