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opposite Pdlgilla, and I traced tliom up to within a mile or so of Sandrapali. 
This discovery was additional, and very satisfactory, evidence of the existence of 
coal somewhere in the neighhonrhood of Sandrapali, and I have no douht what¬ 
ever that the site I have recommended for a bore hole is a spot w'hich, when 
tested, will justify the anticipations that my observations have given rise to. 
Two of the pieces of coal that I picked up, I sent to the Tahsils of Chinur 
and Madapiir to be deposited there and shown to such as might be interested in 
mining matters, and w'ho perchance would pay a visit to Sandrapali on hearing 
of the likelihood of coal being found in the vicinity. 
Measuring as the crow flies, Sandrapali is only six miles from Sironcha, a 
station that, by the completion of the Godavari navigation scheme, would be 
brought into communication with the coast line of the Bay of Bengal. In the 
event of steamers plying up and down the river, it would bo a convenient dep6t 
for coal,' with the advantage of being in British and not foreigm territory. 
Some thirty years ago, hope and rumour pointed to Kota, a fortified village on 
Expectation of coal at Kota the left bank of the Pranhita, four miles above Siron- 
not realised. likely locality for coal. The expectation 
was never realised, but it is somewhat interesting to know that if efforts had been 
guided to an almost equal distance from Sironcha, and in a direction opposite to 
Kota, coal might perhaps have been discovered. 
The question of availahle fuel near Sironcha is not of such moment with 
reference to the requirements of a railway, supposing the Wardha Valley State 
line to be pushed on in the direction of Haidardbud. Such extension would 
probably follow a course that W'ould render the localities at which outcrops have 
been mentioned, or the spots where borings have been recommended, more con¬ 
venient centres of supply. 
That coal occui’s at Sandrapali is, of course, only a supjiosition, but a suppo¬ 
sition that, according to my belief, is veiy little removed from a certainty, and as 
a shallow boi’ing or two will suffice to set doubts at rest, I would advise early 
Boring's at Sandrapali ad- action in the matter to be taken. With positive 
knowledge of the existence of coal, instead of a 
hypothetical basis to go upon, schemes depending upon the accessibility of coal 
within given limits may probaby bo brought to an issue. 
To my knowledge there are no Bardkars in the valley of the Pranhita, and 
I was unable to recognise any along the north-east boundary between Mutlagtiram 
and Kirmiri. 
Ill-—Kdmthi Group. 
In the determination of this group, I have been mainly guided by my ex¬ 
perience of it in the Wardha valley coal-field. At the base, we there had a 
series of sandstones usually coarse-grained, porous and friable, and slightly 
yellow, reddish-brown or grey in colour; above, more compact sandstones. The 
character of the sandstones at the base is 'what I wash to draw attention to, for 
in several places in the area that I am describing in this paper, I have depended 
Porous saiidstoucs, typical upon the porosity of the sandstones for the correct. 
ness of my assignment, but, of course, it must be 
understood only when the sandstones exhibiting this feature were at such an 
