1833.] Chemical Analyses. 435 
throughout the whole of that part of the country, and to some mixture 
of this earth with the surface soil the fertility of the latter is ascribed : 
the cane produced is of small size, but it yields a pretty rich juice : by 
the native process each maund of juice affords six seer of gur. 
100 parts of each sort treated simultaneously gave the following 
results ; 
No. 1.No. 2. No. 3. 
Hygrometric moisture, on drying at 212° .....2 2. esecee 25 2.1 3.6 
Carbonaceous and vegetable matter, on calcination,...... 18 2.1 4.0 
Carb. lime from digestion in nitric . 
acid and precipitation by carb. pot. } Pip alonactngeres iy 08 Ao 
Mikal salt-dissolved, i6iscsiscs000 weds deceetdedveeee LO LP 03 
Silex and aluminas ics sceodvs cece dene caac eoeeeceeoesreee 94.1 24.1 88.2 
100.0 100.0 100.0 
The earths were not further examined, but the two first consisted 
chiefly of sand, whereas the third was somewhat argillaceous. All 
three were of a soft fine-grained alluvium without pebbles : the analysis 
confirms the qualities ascribed to each of the specimens. 
2. Slaty anchracite from the hills south of Fatehpur in the Hoshangibdd dis- 
trict, Nerbudda ; transmitted to Government by Captain J. R. Ouseley. 
A heavy dull slaty coal, splitting into laminee marked with ferrugi- 
nous oxide ; colour brownish grey, inclining, where rubbed, to the lustre 
of graphite: streak brown: specific gravity 1.880. : 
Exposed to a red heat, burns without flame, and leaves a very 
copious red ochreous ash. It is of a poorer description than most of the 
Indian coals, although evidently connected with the same deposit as the 
Towa or Burhandlé coal, included in the table published in the 
GLEANINGs, vol. ili. p. 283, and described further in page 293 ;—which 
left only 15 per cent. of ash. Richer coal doubtless accompanies these 
upper shales. Captain Ousrtzy has traced the deposit farther south to 
Tumané near Bhawergarh, but no specimens have yet been furnished from 
the latter place. The composition of the Nerbudda coal is as follows ; 
Water, separated on sand-heat,.... ....- Sale sata sie ways are's 95 hed 
Volatile matter, not inflammable,.. .....0.0 scsccesece 10.5 
Heed reliactonkjres ee STs Ee AOL 820 
Red earthy residue,.... .... 
©2@e0268e8 P8028 GO 88O8 2288 64.0: 
os 
100.0 
3. Peat of the Calcutta Alluvium, dug up from 30 feet below the surface, at 
the Chitptir Lock-gates. 
Composition—Volatile matter, principally aqueous,.... ...+...+ 62.0 
Fixed carbonaceous matter,....00 ecccce sevcce 16.7 
Red ABS sera G06 6 4\6in oxeioa/araieva.e, /w.njo,susjeisiels aie 6@uhe Lack 
100.0, 
2 ke 
