COAL, PETROLEUM. 



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Over against these amounts must be set the much smaller 

 amount of Enghsh and Australian coal which was imported 

 for the fuel of foreign vessels, because these vessels are not con- 

 structed for burning Japanese coal, which ''makes so much ashes 

 and dust." It is feared, too, that the export to China will decrease 

 or cease entirely as soon as that country has somewhat more 

 developed its own coal mines, and provided for the transportation 

 of their products to the coast. 



Analyses of the Coal of Japan and Neighbouring 



Islands. 



Of the coal classified above, I., II., and III. are from Kiushiu, 

 and IV., v., VI., and VII. from Yezo. Their analysis is taken 

 from the work " Yesso Coals, by H. Munroe, Tokei, 1874." 

 Number VIII. is taken from F. Hawks' " Narrative, Perry Expedi- 

 tion "; vol. ii. pp. 167, 168; and IX. from Pumpelly's "Across 

 America and Asia," Appendix, p. 444, XIII. 



Petroleum, Jap. Sekitan-yu, Seki-yu, or Sekitan, is found princi- 



