GKNERAI. GEOLOGICAL NOTES. 



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The following section was taken in a little side stream near the 

 head of the Tiru nadi, north-east of Kongan hill station : — 



rt. In. 



Grey shale, seen 



Coal (hard), dipping S. 20° E. at 80° 



Grey shale 



Blank, about ... 



Coal (hard), with two partings of carbonaceous shale 



Grey shale 



Blank 



Brownish-grey shale 



Coal (hard), dipping S.-E. at 90° 



Carbonaceous shale 



Brown shale 



Grey shale 



Blank 



Grey shale 



Coal 



Grey shale 



Shales and blank 



Carbonaceous shale 



Grey and brown shales 



Coal 



Brownish-grey shale 



Coal 



Grey shale 



Shales and blank, about 



Brownish-grey shale 



Coal (hard), dipping S. 30° E. at 10° 



Brown and grey shale 



Coal 



Brown, with some carbonaceous shale 



Grey shale, seen 



1 



1 9 



1 



... 10 



2 



3 



... 23 



6 



3 



3 



3 



1 6 



... 14 



5 



1 3 



6 



... 16 



1 4 



3 



10 



1 4 



1 3 



1 



... 15 



5 



2 3 



1 6 



6 



2 



3 



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and so the section goes on for three or four hundred feet more (although 

 less plainly seen), including at least a dozen more beds of coal under 

 three feet thick. 



The above sections are sufficient to illustrate the general aspect of 

 the coal-bearing strata. The sandstones, it will be seen, include both 

 thick and thin-bedded varieties, but more frequently the latter; they 



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