186 GEOLOGT. 



APPLIED AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. 



AtEXANDER, Major-Gen. Sir J. On the Use and Abuse of Peat. 



Eep. Brit. Assoc, for 1873^ Sections, -p, 183. 

 The character and uses of peat are described, reference being made 

 to the peat of Shetland, France, the Falkland Islands, and Canada. 



Anox. Peat. Journ. Soc. Arts, vol. xxii. no. 1098, pp. 50-53. 

 Treats of the economic value of peat, its different qualities, the 

 methods of raising it, &c. 



— . Notes on the Iron and Steel Industries of the United King- 

 dom. Journ. Iron and Steel Inst. no. 1, pp. 242-280 ; no. 2, pp. 

 475-502. 



— . The Building- Limestones of France. The Architect, vol. xii. 



nos. 298-301, pp. 128, 129, 139-141, 155-157, 168, 169. 

 Notices the geological and geographical distribution of the stones, 

 and explains many technical terms. The question of the decay of 

 building-stones is discussed. 



The Channel Tunnel : or Submarine Railway between Eng- 



land and Prance. Statement by the Committee of the Channel 

 Tunnel Company. 8vo. Lond. Pp. 17, plate (map, showing posi- 

 tion of borings in the sea-bed, and geological section). 

 Geological notes on pp. 5-11, chiefly reprinted from earlier notices. 



. The search for Coal at Sandwell Park, West Bromwich. 



Coll. Guard, vol. xxvii. pp. 11, 355, 422, 424, 532, 783, 820, 

 893, vol. xxviii. pp. 94, 570. 

 Notes and articles giving accounts of progress. The " Brooch " coal 

 was struck at 380 yards, below this came the " Herring " coal. The 

 Thick coal was 20^ feet in thickness. The dip is east, about 5 inches 

 in a yard. The " Heathen " coal was next proved, and at 5 yards below 

 it was found the white ironstone, of excellent quality and large yield. 



G. A. L, 



Mining Operations in County Down, Ireland. CoU. Guard. 



vol. xxvii. p. 247. 

 A note of the alleged discovery of a 6-foot seam of coal in the town- 

 land of Eingalloy, on the borders of Strangford Lough. 



. North Staffordshire Coal-field. Coll. Guard, vol. xxvii. 



p. 748. 

 Note of the discover)'- of a seam of hard mine- coal, 4 feet 2 inches 

 thick, of superior quality, by the Chatterley Company, at their Moss 

 Colliery, Bucknall. G. A. L. 



