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it), and which coal, being the immediate object of the journey, I 

 may make a few remarks about. 



Two veins were found within 2 miles of each other, but as no 

 survey was made of the locality, I cannot say whether they were 

 separate beds, or portions of the same vein — each was found near 

 the water shed of a low range of hills, in a ravine, and consisted 

 of two thin bands of coal associated with sandstones and shale. 

 The two bands of coal were, in one vein 2 feet thick, in the other 

 Z\ feet ; in both the coal and its associated shaly beds dipped at 

 an almost vertical angle ; the strike of both was nearly north and 

 south. 



The coal itself is friable, easily frangible and not to be obtained 

 in any large blocks. It burns with a good flame but much smoke, 

 leaving a large ash, but it has been pronounced good fuel by the 

 officers in command of the Government Steamers. 



I do not give any positive opinion as to the workable quality 

 of the vein, the almost vertical angle at which it is found renders 

 it doubtful whether it would be remunerative. 



A large nullah runs in the immediate vicinity, which is navigable 

 for rafts during the rains ; the locality is very feverish, and it is 

 doubtful whether the European or Native of India could reside 

 there, except for 2 or 3 of the most healthy months of the year. 



The vein ought not to be lost sight of, and deserves the inspec- 

 tion of some competent practical miner and geologist. 



I could find no fossil plants in the shales, and none in the sand- 

 stones ; but some rolled pieces of limestone with organic remains, 

 found in the neighbourhood (specimens Nos. i. ii. and iii.), are 

 forwarded. 



The limestone found in the hills to the southward is extensively 

 quarried, and furnishes the " chunam" used at this station. 



It is, after being quarried at the top of the hill, thrown over 

 the hill side and carted away, from the bottom to the kilns which 

 are at a village about equi-distant between this and the hills, viz. 

 2,§ miles. 



The kilns are of the ordinary Native construction, and seem to 

 answer their purpose well. 



