NOTES ON MINERAL FUELS OF CANADA. — ELLS. 71 



being consolidated, the results, while giving good results as a 

 fuel both for domestic and railway consumption, were unfitted, 

 owing to its great bulk, for the purposes required. Within the 

 last few years, however, a series of experiments have shewn 

 that peat, ju'operly dried and then compressed, furnishes an 

 excellent fuel for many purposes, and can he made and sold on 

 the market at a good profit, the demand far exceeding the avail- 

 able supply, so that it is anticipated that in a few years, witli 

 still further improvements in modes of drying and pressure, 

 this source of mineral fuel will form an important ))art of 

 Canada's mineral resources. 



