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Assam Tea Company ; the out-turn, however, has been very insig-nificant. 

 It cannot be othervsdse on the system hitherto pursued of workino- bv 

 mere surface scratchinffs.* 



* The following list includes all the geological papers, &c., referring to the area under 

 discussion with which I am acquainted : — 



1832. Memoir of a Survey of Assam and the neighbouring countries, executed in 

 1825-26-27-28, by Lieutenant R. Wilcox. Alludes to coal at Borhat and bn the Dihing 

 river. Asiatic Researches, Vol. XVII, p. 314. 



1835. Further discovery of coal beds in Assam, by Captain F. Jenkins. Journal of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. IV, p. 704. 



1837. Notice of the discovery of coal and petroleum on the Namrup river, by Lieute- 

 nant H. Bigge. lUd, Vol. VI, p. 243. 



1837. Topography of Assam, by John M'Cosh, Calcutta, 1837. Contains some brief 

 notes, compiled from previously published papers, on the mineral productions of Assam 

 generally, including the Naga Hills. 



1837. Report on the physical condition of the Assam tea plant, with reference to geolo- 

 gical structure, soils and climate. By John M'Clelland, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, &e., Madras 

 Journal of Literature and Science, Vol. VI, p. 423. 



1838. Announcement of two new sites of coal in Assam (Borhat and Jaipur). By 

 Captain Jenkins, Agent to the Governor General. Journal, Asiatic Society, Bengal, 

 Vol. VII, p. 169. 



1838. Note respecting the Jaipur coal. By Captain S. Hannay. Ibid, p. 368. 



1838. Native account of washing for gold in Assam, by Moniram, Revenue Sheristadar 

 Bar Bandari. Communicated by Captain F. Jenkins. Ibid, p. 621. 



1838. Further information on the gold washings of Assam, extracted from Captain 

 Hannay's communications to Captain Jenkins, Agent to the Governor General in Assam. 

 Ihid, p. 625. 



1838. Report upon the coal beds of Assam. (Submitted to Government by the Coal 

 Committee as a supplement to their first printed report.) Ibid, p. 948. 



1840 Report of the (above) Coal Committee. Contains a brief notice of the Assam 

 coal. Journal, Asiatic Society, Bengal, Vol. IX, p. 213. Also Madras Journal of Litera- 

 ture and Science, Vol. XI, p. 370. 



1841. Despatch from Lieutenant H. Bigge, Assistant Agent, detached to the Naga 

 Hills, to Captain Jenkins, Agent, Governor General, North-East Frontier. Contains notices 

 of iron ore, hot springs and limestone in the neighbourhood of Golaghat. Journal, Asiatic 

 Society, Bengal, Vol. X, p. 129. 



1841. A descriptive account of Assam, with sketch of the local geography. By William 

 Robinson, Calcutta, 1841. Contains a chapter, compiled from previously published papers, 

 on the geology and mineral resources of Assam generally, including some notices of the 

 Naga Hills. 



1844. Extracts from a report of a journey into the Naga Hills in 1844. By 

 Ml-. Browne Wood, Sub-Assistant Commissioner. Contains a few remarks respecting coal 



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