xcviii Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [Nov. 1840. 



Freight and charges from Neusohl to Vienna, f. 5 



Freight from thence to Bremen, f. 9 30 



f. 14 30 



or Rd. 9 59 



Shipping charges here, f. 63 



Postage from Neusohl and Vienna to London,. . » f. 1 22 



In all, Bremen Rix dollars, 12 



We have drawn on Messrs. Hinck and Co., in Hamburg, who will recover this 

 amount from you through their agents, Messrs. Huschke, Wattenbach and Co., of 

 your city. 



With a tender of our services in this place, we have the honor to be, &c. 



D. H. Waitjen and Co. 



I trust that the Society will meet this liberal donation, which has been obtained by 

 Circulars of the Museum of Economic Geology, republished on the continent by my 

 brother at Brussels, in a corresponding spirit. Our reply to him offered in exchange 

 what might suit his views, whether scientific or literary. And he has pointed out 

 what would be agreeable to him. 



Economic Geology. 



Captain Ouseley has sent us from Chota Nagpore for Mr. Williams of Llandilo, 

 a good supply of the Agalmatolite mentioned in my report of October, 1844, and 

 June 1845, as that gentleman is desirous of having trials made of it. As it looks 

 promising, I have requested Messrs. Lyall, Matheson and Co. to forward specimens 

 to China, to learn if it has any commercial value with the Chinese, whose taste in 

 the stones of this class used by them for ornamental work is peculiar, and to us quite 

 unknown. Corresponding specimens are kept in the museum marked — 



No. 1. Large flat Slabs. 



No. 2. More massive kind, but in thick layers, 

 and these may be always referred to. 



At the August Meeting (I think) our Secretary handed to me a letter from the 

 Secretary to Government of Bengal with a copy of a report from Dr. McClelland, re- 

 specting some Coal from Badam near Chota Nagpore, sent to Government by Lieut. - 

 Colonel Ouseley. 



As we had no specimen of this Coal I requested Colonel Ouseley to be good 

 enough to furnish us with some, which he has, as usual, obligingly done ; and speci- 

 mens are on the table. Dr. McClelland has reported on this Coal, which indeed ap- 

 pears of a most promising quality, but its position, until we have a rail-road, is sadly 

 against it. 



A gentleman who does not wish his name to be known, has obliged us with three 

 small but very pretty carved blocks of Chinese ornamental stone. The one is grey 

 and is clearly an Agalmatolite; the second is probably the variety called Lardite by 



