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known to exist at various places on the western 

 coast. 



I have thought it my duty to submit these 

 observations to His Majesty^s Secretary of 

 State for Foreign Affairs^ in case he should 

 think them of sufficient importance to deserve 

 attention. 



P. Campbell Scarlett. 



Se2n, 5th, 1835. 

 London. 



Statements and\Suggestions by William Wheel- 

 wrighty Esq, 



The subject of steam navigation to India has 

 long occupied the attention of the British go- 

 vernment^ the British public^ and the Indian 

 community ; and the influence of British legis- 

 lation has finally given it that aid which was 

 necessary to secure its establishment. The 



the following remarks are extracted from a letter addressed 

 to me lately by the Earl of Dundonald, " I did not per- 

 sonally see the coal near Guacho, but my secretary, Mr. 

 Bennel Stevenson, who published a book about South 

 America, told me he saw it." 



" There is plenty of coal at Talcahuana, in the province 

 of Conception, and if steam-boats are to run on that coast 

 grant should be obtained thereof from the Government." 



