1847.] 



Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



721 



Memorandum of composition of specimen of Coal from Junk Ce}don, 

 compared with that of English Cannel Coal. 



• 



Specific gra- 

 vity. 



In 100 Parts. 



Volatile mat- 

 ter. 



Coke. 



Ash. 



Junk Ceylon Coal, 



English Cannel Coal, 



1. 25 

 1. 27t 



60.40 

 60.00* 



39.58 

 40.00* 



2.50 

 0.30f 



(Signed) W. B. O'Shaughnessy, 



Chemical Examiner. 

 Calcutta, 30th April, 1847. 



* Dr. Thomson. — Brande's Manual, pp. 9, 83. 



f Berthier — Traite des Essais, Vol. 1, pp. 328, 336 and 339. 



(No. 469.) 

 From the Under Secretary to the Government of Bengal, 



To the Governor of Prince of Wales' Island, Singapore and Malacca, 

 Dated Fort William, the 19th May, 1847. 

 Sir, — I am directed to transmit for your information copy of a letter from 

 the Mint Master of Calcutta, No. 456, dated the 30th ultimo, with the Chemi- 

 cal Examiner's Report which accompanied it, on the specimen of Coal receiv- 

 ed with your letter No. 31, dated the 27th February last. 



2. You will observe that the quantity forwarded by you was not sufficient 

 for such experiments as are conducted in the Steam Engine and Mint Fur- 

 naces, and you are therefore requested to procure a larger supply of the same 

 description of Coal. It is very desirable too that the locality in which it is 

 found should be more accurately ascertained and described, and the Deputy 

 Governor feels assured that you will use every effort to obtain the fullest 

 particulars on this point as well as every other connected with this important 

 subject. 



I have, &c. 

 (Signed) A. R. Young, 

 Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 

 Fort William, the 19th May, 1847. 



(True Copies.) 



A. R. Young, 



Under-Secretary to the Government of Bengal. 



From Captain James Abbott, giving further details on the manufac- 

 ture of the Damasqued sword blades of Goojrat. 



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