MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS. 



11 H 



Suspended matter — assiniboine. 



Organic 0.692 



Mineral „ 4.508 



]<ED YIVER. 



.. . 0.342 

 ,. . 3.509 



Analyses of 

 waters of the 

 Assiniboine 

 and Red 

 Rivers, cont. 



Total 5.200 



Hardness (2) — 



Temporary. 13.90 



Permanent 6.70 



5.851 



.16.03 

 , 7.87 



Total 20.60 



Specific gravity . . ... 1000.64 



.23.90 



1000.52 



The foregoing acids and bases are most probably combined in the 

 the water as follows : 



(Carbonates calculated as mono-carbonates and all tbe salts estimated as an- 

 hydrous.) 



ASSINIBOINE. BED RIVER. 



Chloride of sodium 3.277 5.589 



Sulphate of potassa 0.923 1.015 



" ofsoda 8.216 4.727 



« of lime — , 6.739 



Carbonate of lime 12.112 7.388 



" of magnesia..... 9.635 10.798 



1 . — Altbough here given as ferric oxide, the iron was doubtless present in the 

 water as a ferrous salt. — 2. Direct method, Wanklyn and Chapman. 



In the case of the Assiniboine water there was an excess of soda, 

 above that required for the sulphuric acid, amounting to 0.114 grain 

 (equals 0.084 sodium) — this might be present as carbonate: it would 

 require 0.129 chlorine or 0.147 sulphuric acid in excess of the amounts 

 found of these respective constituents. It has been calculated as, and 

 added to the, sulphate of soda. 



COALS. 



BITUMINOUS COAL AND BROWN COAL OR LIGNITE. 



1. — Bituminous coal Sent for examination by Mr. Jas. S. Hickman, of 



Amherst, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Exact locality not 

 known, but said to have been taken from " a bank on Black Biver, 

 following the outcrop of a seam of coal in the bank about twelve 

 feet from the surface." 



This coal presented a slickensided appearance ; it was traversed 

 by occasional thin bright layers, the prevailing lustre was, how- 

 ever, dull and somewhat resinous ; fracture irregular. In parts it 



Coals. 



