NEW SOUTH WALES COALS 207 
1. From Joadja Creek. 
Black, with a brownish shade ; breaks with a large and well- 
marked conchoidal fracture. 
prone gravity 1°103. 
Proximate Analysis. 
Loss at 100° C. aS és ee ied | 
Volatile hydro-carbons ts aa .. 73364 
ixed carbon ie ae <a ie oat hc) 
Hat 7o 9°175 
Sulphur 536 
100°000 
The ash is of a grey colour, with a slight reddish tinge. 
2. A second specimen had a sp. gr. of 1-054. 
Proximate Analysis. 
Loss at 100°C... ih pa Wes “440 
Volatile hydro-carbons ... ae .. 83°861 
Fixed carbon ie ae ae ae 8035 
tie Wea ies SA i . 7075 
Sulphur _... sa ws na rae 589 
100-000 
Tn this case the ash was practically white. 
tie a“. third specimen from the same locality gave the following 
Tosi gravity, 1-229. 
Proximate Aan 
Loss at 100° C. ees Pe 040 
Volatile hydro-carbons io se ce BIS 
> ew - nm ey ie 
Sulphur Roe rh cere ie ae 
= 
4. A specimen from Murrurundi, of a dark grey, wey, almost black 
colour, but spotted with small et8e of a white clay-like sub- 
stance, gave the following results 
Proximate Analysis 
Loss 00° C. ue, wo EGS 
Volatile hydo-<ains = sie ... 71882 
Fixed carbon Pair ee SY! 
As “i 19-936 
Sulphur a 
99-999 
Dried at 100° C. 
