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Arr. XXVIII.— Notices of Coal in China ; by D. J. Maccowan, 
. D., Cor. Mem. of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.* 
of suitable means of transport, enhance the cost of the mineral, 
which have been mined for the longest period, with which we 
are best acquainted and are the most productive, lie in the mid- 
dle and southern parts of the empire. 
That branch of the Himalayan range, known as the Yun-ling, 
forming the prominent topographical feature of the provinces of 
n 
Humerous sections of which the coal measures exist, generally 
Interstratified with beds of slaty clay and limestone. Those 
rst Known lie in the basin of the Kan in Kiangsi, reposing on 
old ted sandstone and gray compact limestone, in close connection 
— deposits of iron ore hose in the valleys of the Siang, 
Ps » and Yuen in Hanan, the west slope of the terminal ridges 
ine ge Yun-ling in Chehkiang, at the sources of the Tsientang, 
per the southern aspect of the same range in Kwangtung at 
ae’ all present analogous geological relations. This vast 
t ilerous tract appears to be continuous in a measure with 
at of Assam and Burmah. 
etal he oe in demand in central China is called “ the Kwang 
pe the ell brought from various districts in Himan. Sichau 
ki ar for ail that is consumed in Kiangst and Chehkiang. 
tu ack, ver compact, specific gravity 134, columnar struc- 
'e Occasionally iridescent, and from the large quantity of carbon 
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