
ere Volatile Matter. | Fixed Carbon. 
1.375 57.25 
__ "RASS Rs 1.375 11.41 29.07 56.94 2.58 
A 1.340 6.69 33.70 53.25 6.36 
a 1.337 6.89 33.57 50.90 8.64 
No. I. from the North Pembina River 100 miles north-west from 
Fort Edmonton. No. Il. from near Belly River. No. III. from Belly 
River. No. IV. from the Saskatchewan. River near Fort Edmonton. 
Prof. Haanel thus describes the specimens :—“ I. and II. are bituminous 
_ coals, of a bright lustre, irregular fracture, showing, to judge from the 
small specimens sent, no distinct lamination; of a high specific gravity, 
comparatively free from sulphur, and giving out little tarry matter upon 
coking. No. III. and IV. are also bituminous, of a less specific gravity, 
lustre dull, distinct lamination; fracture at right angles to lamination, 
irregular with bright surfaces. Parallel to the place of lamination the 
slabs separated are dull ; gives out considerable tarry matter upon coking.” 
It is stated that the two first do not form a coherent coke, and it is to be 
inferred from what Prof. Haanel says, that the others do. Nos. III. and 
IV. much resemble the St. Mary River coal in composition, and come from 
the vicinity of the coal bed described to me as occurring at the junction 
of that stream with Waterton River. 
424, In the Report of Progress of the Geological Survey of Canada for 
1873-74, a number of interesting analysis of fuels from the interior region 
of British North America are given. Seven of these, by Mr. Christian 
Hoffmann, refer to specimens collected by Prof. Bell near Dirt Hills,* 
and south of that place; not far from the north-eastern border of the 
lignite formation near the 106th meridian. The quantity of water in 
these lignites when thoroughly air-dried, as shown by the analysis, varies 
from 12-26 to 19°33 per cent. They exactly correspond in other respects 
with those of about the same longititude on the Line. The second series 
of analysis, by Dr. B. J. Harrington, are of fuels collected by Mr. Selwyn, 
Director of the Survey, on the North Saskatchewan, between Rocky 
Mountain House and Edmonton ; these, though Prof. Harrington classes 
* This name seems to be rather loosely applied to different parts of the north-eastern edge of the 
Coteau, the point so called on the accompanying geological map, is not that referred to by Prof. Bell, 
which is further to the west and north. 

