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There appears to be abundance of sulphur and alum accessible from Kelung, but where I 

 could not learn. 



An English miner on board the Macedonian, who accompanied us in some of those visits on 



shore, says that he can deliver this coal at the mouth of the mines at $1 25 per ton. 



Kespectfully, your obedient servant, 



GEO. JONES, 



Chaplain United States Navy. 

 Commodore M. C. Perry, 



Commanding TJ. 8. naval forces, East India, China, and Japan seas. 



Brooklyn, July 6, 1855. 

 I had already mentioned, in a brief letter to Commodore Perry, that this coal is bituminous, 

 and burns almost entirely away, leaving no cinder, and scarcely any ashes. In burning, 

 however, it gives out a thick smoke and very offensive smell. It burns rather too freely for 

 steam purposes, but would do well if mixed with anthracite, which latter is said to be procurable 

 on the opposite coast of Amoy. Gr. J. 



