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100 kilograms of coal have produced— 
Gas (C+H*, C2H+, CO), 
Coke 
21 cubic meters. 
- 69 kilograms. 
ee = $ ~ 4°50 +6 
Ammoniacal liquid, . : : , << eS 
Combustible consumed in heating the furnaces, 24-75 kils. of coke. 
The commission has obtained, as an average, for 100 kilograms of 
coal, 
Gas, fit for illumination, A ‘ é 22°940 cubic meters. 
Bo. . ° . ‘ 75°40 kilograms. 
6:73 6 
_aY, . : : ; 
Ammoniacal liquid, ; ; ; .. 7s . 
Combustible consumed in the furnaces, 20°43 a 
To the price 0-0791 fr. per cubic meter of gas set down by the 
companies, the commission opposes that of 0-208 fr. per cubic meter. 
In this amount are not included the octroi duty, laying of pipes, &c., 
for the 30,000,000 of cubic meters of gas which Paris consumes eac 
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with zeal and success. One of its principal importations is the Angora 
goat, of which we have spoken in our communication of November 
last. The Bulletin of the Society for January 1856, states that a similar 
importation was made into the United States in 1849 by Dr. Davis, 
six females and two males having been introduced by him into South 
Carolina. In that warm region, latitude 34°, it has rapidly increased, 
Until in 1854 there are fifty animals of the pure breed, and a muc 
larger number of mixed breed crossed with the goat of the country. 
‘he goat also been successful in France. e small flock at 
Marseilles is increasing ; the other intrusted to the society of acclima- 
tion of the northeast zone, of which Nancy is the centre, and placed 
at first at Wesserling (Haut Rhin) is now in the vicinity of Nancy. 
contagious disease appeared in the flock at Wesserling, and this led to 
the change. Dr. Sacc sent the goats to Nancy where they arrived at 
acold and rainy time in the month of December. One of them died 
on the way, and the others were sick. They are now well and in the 
Prospect of breeding. Nancy is in longitude 3° 50! 16” east of Paris, 
and latitude 48° 41’ 28”; and its mean altitude is 201 meters 46 centi- 
meters above the level of the sea at Havre. : 
A kilogram of the Angora wool sells in France at six francs ; and as 
velvet. But from both, it is distinguished by the surface showing no 
marks from pressure even if it be strong and long continued. The 
