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220 On Land Revenue. [July 
No. 2. 
Section of the Coal Strata in the Gorctsan river. 
ft. in. 
8 . 0 Earth and saDd, and gravel. 
6 . 4 Sandstone. 
1 . 0 Shale (Bituminous ?) 
2 . 1 Ditto. 
1 . 1 Coal. 
1 . 0 Shale. 
1 . 4 Sandstone. 
3 . 9 Coal. 
24 . 7 Total. 
This section terminates with the water line of the nallah; how much deeper 
the coal may be, is not mentioned. 
On the 17th, Captain Sage went in search of Rennel’s Cole Mine, the site of 
which he found to be close to the village of Hot&r ; although the inhabitants 
being questioned, appeared ignorant of, or at least denied, the existence of any 
thing like coal. After looking in vain for bassets of coal amongst the hillocks, 
he turned up the Barra river, and at a distance of about half a mile, found here 
also extensive beds of coal on the left bank, the river having laid part of them 
open. This coal is the same as that of the Gordsan, and dipping in the same 
direction. Iron-stone is plentiful in the neighbourhood ; at A lyapur, three miles 
south, it is worked, but the process of reduction being imperfect and unskilful, 
the iron is said to be inferior. 
The coal being ascertained to be of value, and also in sufficient quantity, the 
next question was — that of carriage. At what expense could it be conveyed into 
the Ganges l To answer this question, it should be recollected, that the three lo- 
calities are all beds of streams, which at a few miles distance are lost in the Call, 
the latter being a tributary of the S6n river. The question then resolves itself 
into that of the navigability of the Ch.il. Captain Sage thinks it is, or at least 
may be, made at a trifling expense navigable nearly the whole way, i. e. during 
the rainy season. The use of ferry-boats he considers sufficient evidence that 
the rapidity of the stream is not too great. He traced the river the whole way to 
its confluence with the S6n, opposite Rolasgerh ; and he finds nothing to prevent 
the navigation of this river in the rains. From Gania to below Manjian several 
rocks protrude in its bed here an d there, hut not sufficient to form any serious 
obstruction to the navigation : — were it otherwise, it would not be a work of either 
difficulty or expense to remove these rocks by blasting. 
Of the Singrah coal, which may be obtained at a trifling expense, by running 
horizontal galleries into the face of the hillocks, at the foot of which the bassets 
appear, Captain Sage thinks that there is a quantity available, equal at least to the 
probable demands of the next twenty years ; and his calculation seems founded on 
unexceptionable data. Of the other two localities, the Gorasan and Barra, the 
coal seems to be one and the same bed, and it must consequently be extensive- 
It will, however, be more expensive working this coal. The Singrah coal, trans- 
ported on the bullocks, cost but 12 anas a maund, and it is expected with water 
carriage that it will not cost more than 6 anas. Even with land-carriage to 
Bandar-Ghat, on the S6n, and transported thence by boats, in the rains, toDanapur, 
it could not well exceed 7 to 9 anas. 
V. — On Land Revenue. 
To the Editor of Gleanings in Science. 
Sir, 
To give a detailed account of the regulations affecting the land revenue, would 
far exceed the limits of a publication such as yours ; I shall, therefore, endeavour 
to be as brief as possible concerning them. 
Regulation VII. of 1822, appears to have been framed principally with a view to 
protect the cultivators, and at the same time to secure to the Government a proper 
proportion of the profits of the soil, according to its qualities and products. It has 
met with some opposition from members of the Civil Service and others, by whom 
it is said to upset all the former good old methods of assessment, taking away the 
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