COAL. 11 



Of the Singrowli coal field, which lies to the south of the River 

 Sone, in the Rewah Territory, I have not been able to procure any 

 return. I am, however, aware that the amount of coal raised has 

 been small, and will not materially affect the general total. More 

 than one bed of coal has been practically examined in the continuation 

 of this field to the west and towards Singhpoor. But none of these 

 are as yet at work as collieries. 



The Nerbudda Valley has long been known to contain coal, but 

 owing to the distance from any available market, and the comparative 

 inaccessibility of the localities where it occurs, it has not been hitherto 

 economized. The Nerbudda Coal and Iron Company have this year 

 commenced their operations and I suppose will shortly be turning out 

 coal. 



In other parts of the North-Western Provinces territory there is 

 no known workable coal. Seams of lignite of very irregular size and 

 very limited extent occur in several places along the foot of the 

 Sub- Himalayas, marking a certain group of sandstone rocks, of 

 comparatively recent date ; but nowhere are these deposits known 

 to be of extent rendering it probable they will ever be of any 

 practical use. 



In Oude no coal is known to occur. In the Punjab no coal is 

 known to occur, if we except, as above in the North- Western Pro- 

 vinces, the patches of lignite which have been found in several 

 localities along the base of the outer Himalaya, as well as in the Salt 

 Range. 



In Scinde the only coal raised was that of Lynah Valley, as given 

 above, but the irregularity and the small extent of this deposit has caused 

 it to be abandoned. It was, in fact, an irregular patch of lignite. 



In Bombay no coal is known to occur. In Hyderabad none. 

 In Nagpore a small coal field is known near to Umret, on the border 

 of the Nerbudcla District, which may, in fact, be considered a 



