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ous parts of Assam in which coa!s have been noticed, we may safely 

 calculate on their affording supplies not merely for the navigation of 

 Uie Bramaputra to its source, but also for that of the lower paits of the 

 Ganges as well as the Bay of Bengal. 



" We learn from Captain Jenkins that the late Mr. Scott was aware 

 of the existence of coal somewhere in the vicinity of the Caribari hills, 

 and the Committee have recently been put in possession of the fact 

 referred to, by the existence of two beds of good coal b*"ing detected at 

 Doorgapore in the Garrow hills, but particulars as to the extent of the 

 beds and the circumstances under which they occur are yet insufficiently 

 known, so that we cannot at present venture to offer any further ob- 

 servations on the subject, than merely to say, that we are in daily ex- 

 pectation of more information from this quarter. 



" Arracan. — Coal has been discovered at Kyuk Phyu in the Arracan 

 clistrict near Oogadong, close to the anchorage of ships. It was first 

 observed by Lieutenant Foley in 1833, and afterwards described 

 by that gentleman and Captain Margrave (^vol. 11. Asiat, Jour. p. 

 595). The quality of this coal is good, but the quantity as far as 

 it has yet been discovered is deficient. In consequence of the im- 

 penetrable nature of the vegetation, enquiries have been conducted 

 jn the neighbourhood to a very limited extent ; but as the cha- 

 racter of the coal itself, and that of the adjoining rocks agree with the 

 ordinary appearance of the best coal fields, favourable hopes may be 

 entertained as to the extent and value of the indications in question ; 

 what has been supposed to be the same vein has been found in two dis- 

 tinct situations four miles apart. 



' At Sandowy, in the same district, Lieutenant Mackintosh found coal 

 in the Kingtellie neighbourhood ; one specimen of this coal mixed up 

 with silicious matter is said by Mr. Walters to form the substance of 

 an entire hill (vide Jour. Asiat. Soc. II, p. 264) j iron ores are also 

 said to occur here in considerable quantity. 



" Malay. — Of the mountains forming the Malay Peninsula situated in 

 Lat. 4* N., Captain Low mentions that according to native report gold, 

 tin, antimony, hot springs and coal may be found, and of the tin mines 

 he gives a detailed report. It appears that this ore is worked from 

 the southern extremity of the Peninsula to 15=* N, Lat., 99^ to 100^ E. 

 Long. ; it is found in the form of stream ore. Junk Ceylon was for- 

 merly supposed to yield 500 tons of tin annually but the manufacture 

 l^as now dwindled to 20 tons. The tin is produced at about half thq 

 market price. 



