Records of the Geological Survey of India, 
books, as well as standard series of specimens of fosils, &c., for the Museum. By this 
means, independently of the usual additions to our most valuable series, we have added more 
than one thousand volumes, including some rare and important series. 
We continue to receive regularly from the societies and institutions with which we are in 
relationship of exchanges, their valuable transactions, journals, &e. These constitute a very 
large part of the regular additions to our library. And it is very greatly to be wished that 
this system of exchange might he extended largely. It would he by much the most effective 
method of making our own researches known to the scientific world, while the publications we 
should receive in return would more than counterbalance the cost. The literature of Geology, 
Mineralogy, Palaeontology is rapidly increasing, and we find it impracticable even to keep up 
the supply of current publications on these subjects, from the small monthly grant appropriated 
to the purpose. 
To our library (independently of the additions noticed above) have been added during the 
nine months under report (April to December) 630 volumes or parts, of whieh number 248 
were presented. 
Museum. —The usual large and varied contributions to our Museum from the labours of 
the Geological Survey have continued during the season. None of the Survey parties have 
been working in any richly fossiliferous district, so that the number of fossils obtained in this 
way has not equalled that of some former years. Prom Europe we have procured a very 
extensive and grand series of fossils, both in originals and casts. When visiting European 
collections last year, I represented to the Right Hon’ble the Secretary of State the great draw¬ 
back to progress in India, which resulted from the absence of good standard collections for 
comparison, and ventured to recommend the purchase of a valuable collection then available, 
the result of some five-and-twenty years’ researches by Prof, von Klipstein. This recommend¬ 
ation was sanctioned, and the collection was purchased. It has not yet been all delivered in 
this country, only a few out of more than two hundred eases having as yet arrived. And I will, 
therefore, defer entering into detail, until after it has been practicable to go over this series, and 
open it out, at least partially (for our present premises will not afford means of exhibiting it, 
even to the most limited extent). 
During our brief tour in Europe we also received some valuable donations of fossils, 
minerals and rocks, all of which have still to arrive. A detailed list of these will be pre¬ 
pared as they are opened out. Calcutta, Slsi March 1868. 
Blanfoed, W. T., on the Coal Seams of the Tawa valley, Baitool Dis¬ 
trict, Central Provinces.—The coals of the Tawa Valley have frequently been reported 
upon, (be last and most complete account of them being that given by Mr. J. G. Mectticott, 
of the Geological Survey. Pull details of the different seams are given in the body of his 
report “on the Geological structure of the Central Portion of the Nerhudda District” 
(Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. II.) or in the Appendix, page 268. 
The principal localities described were the following— 
1. Rawundeo, on the Tawa River : 21 feet 2 inches of coal seen in 8 distinct outcrops, 
besides some repetitions. Two of the seams arc 4 feet at least in thickness at their outcrops.' 
2- Murdunpur and Kotri on the Madina, a tributary of the Tawa: two seams ; one 
3 feet thick, the other G inches only. 
3. Sonadi, on the Bora Nuddi, another tributary : two seams, 19 and 10 inches thick 
respectively. 
4. Sooki Nuddi, a 3rd tributary: two thin seams, 3 and 2J inches thick respec¬ 
tively, and of course worthless. 
Besides these, there are two seams, one 2 feet 3 inches thick, and a lower seam of 3 inches 
occurring on the Maehna River between Shapoor and Murdanpoor mentioned in the 
detailed Section at page 160, but not referred to in the Appendix, lining probably considered 
by Mr. Medlicott merely a repetition of the Murdanpoor outcrops. 
No new localities have since been discovered, so far as I can learn. I received information 
from a native of the occurrence of Haifa patlhar, near Kesla, which would he an important 
locality, being within 12 miles of the railway, while the nearest known outcrop of coal is 
double that distance, hut on visiting the spot, I found the " black stone ” indicated to be a 
sandstone. 
