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  Section 
  8. 
  — 
  (^).-The 
  Barakar 
  group 
  (coal-measures). 
  

   There 
  is 
  nothing- 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  our 
  information 
  of 
  this 
  

   most 
  important 
  group. 
  The 
  detailed 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  as 
  yet 
  confined 
  to 
  

   the 
  northern 
  region 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  so 
  far 
  settled 
  that 
  (as 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  

   report 
  on 
  this 
  district) 
  the 
  Sitariva 
  coal-field 
  near 
  Mopani 
  (upon 
  which 
  

   there 
  are 
  reports 
  recently 
  published), 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  outcrop 
  of 
  the 
  measures 
  

   on 
  the 
  north 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  basin 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  that 
  the 
  only 
  other 
  outcrops 
  

   of 
  this 
  group 
  are 
  along 
  the 
  south 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  basin, 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  Tawa, 
  

   and 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  Kanhan 
  and 
  Pench 
  valleys. 
  The 
  group 
  

   seems 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  400 
  to 
  500 
  feet 
  thick. 
  The 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  the 
  measures 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  basin 
  gives 
  direct 
  presumption 
  

   of 
  its 
  continuation 
  beneath 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  supported 
  by 
  the 
  analogy 
  of 
  

   other 
  basins. 
  The 
  important 
  point 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  depth 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  

   at 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  a 
  subsequent 
  section. 
  

  

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