130 GEOLOGY* 



5. ASIA. 



Aii^ON. A new Volcano east of Japan. Geogr. Mag., July, p. 146. 

 The captain of the steamship ' Harwich ' reports a large volcano, 

 not marked on any of the charts, in N. lat. 31° 31', E. long. 140° 14'. 



Baber, Consul. Coal-mining in China. Coll. Guard, vol. xxvii. 

 p. 171. 



The information refers especially to the districts of Tamsuy and 

 Kelung. The coal-producing districts are : — 1. Coal Yalley, close to 

 Kelung ; 2. Coal Harbour, three or four miles distant ; and 3. Nuan- 

 Nuan, about seven miles off. The volcanic region N. of the Tamsuy 

 river is said to abound in coal. Coal on the surface is known to the 

 Chinese over an area of 500 square miles. The mode of working is 

 described, the prospect of extension of the mining is discussed, and 

 information as to the price is given. G. A. L., P. D. 



Ball, Y. A new Locality for Copper in the Narbada Yalley. 

 Eec. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. vii. part 2, pp. 62, 63. 



Mr. Maynard discovered . a deposit of copper on an island in the 

 Karbada river, near Birman Ghat. The ore is diffused through a 

 thickness of at least 6 feet (and probably more) of schist and quartzite 

 of the Bijour series ; it also occurs in nests. At the top are azurite 

 and malachite ; lower down, grey and red ore. F. D. 



. On the Building and Ornamental Stones of India. Eec. 



Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. vii. part 3, pp. 98-122. 



This is a statement of the areas in which the several kinds of stone 

 used in building are found, accompanied by an account of examples 

 of their use in various ages. The materials are described under ten 

 classes, as in Prof. Hull's work. Many references are given to previous 

 writings, also a list of remarkable monoliths in India. P. D. 



Geological Notes on the country of the Luni Pathans, S.E. 



corner of Afghanistan. Eec. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. vii. part 4, pp. 



145-158, with map. 

 The following series was passed over in the route from Dera Ghazi 

 Khan to the Chamarlang valley : — a, alluvium ; 6, sandstones and 

 conglomerates (? Pliocene) ; c, sandstones and clays (? Miocene) ; cZ, 

 nummulitic limestones; e, sandstones and shales. A list of fossils 

 from the nummulitic limestones is given. At the top of 6 a little 

 coal occurs, a total of 2 feet distributed in nine thin layers through 

 100 feet of shale. P. D. 



Baebot de Maent, N. N. Jahrb. Heft v. pp. 524-526. 

 Letter explaining the proposed operations of two expeditions — the 

 one to study the area between the Caspian and Aral Seas, the second 



