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of Australian Coal. 
TABLE 
Showing the Proportions of the Quantities of the Ultimate Elements 
of Coal belonging to New South Wales, Tasmania, and Ker¬ 
guelen Island, (Earthy Matters abstracted). 
Locality. 
Mineralogical 
Classification. 
| Carbon. 
1 
6 
£ 
1 
i 
o 
8 
Port Stephen, N.S.W. 
Slaty Coal. 
70-50 
20-40 
0-0 
9-1 
Western Port, N.S.W. 
Slaty Coal. 
70-10 
10-20 
3-0 
10-0 
Coarse Coal. 
80-00 
8-80 
2-0 
9-2 
Richmond, V.D.L. 
Slaty Glance Coal .. 
63-80 
25-20 
2-5 
9-0 
South Esk Valley, V.D.L. 
Bituminous Wood .. 
70-00 
5-40 
14 -G 
10-0 
Recherche Bay, V.D.L. 
Slaty Glance Coal .. 
75-15 
14-35 
4-5 
G -0 
Jerusalem V.D.L. ( upper seam).. 
Slaty Coal. 
72-20 
14-40 
4-0 
8-8 
52-30 
17-2 
14-5 
16-0 
Slaty Coal.. 
74-30 
10-40 
4*2 
10-0 
Kerguelen Island. 
Earth Coal. 
50-48 
14-52 
250 
10-0 
their ultimate elements : the presence, in some cases, of 
great quantities of nitrogen presents facts not easily- 
reconciled with the theory of the vegetable origin of 
coal. Thus analytical chemistry and geology must still 
limit themselves for a time to the mere observation and 
collection of details in the different parts of the globe, 
before they can enable Science to solve all the problems 
connected with the history of this most important of 
minerals. 
Art. IV. Observations on the Flora of Geelong , Port 
Phillip. By Ronald C. Gunn, Esq. 
Having recently received a small collection of plants 
(consisting of 100 species) from a correspondent at 
Geelong, Port Phillip, I am induced to forward a few 
remarks relative to the large proportion of them which 
I found to be identical with those inhabiting this colony; 
hoping that, by the accumulation of a number of similar 
facts, a more correct knowledge of the distribution of the 
Australian Flora may eventually be obtained than we at 
present possess. “ The surest way,” as Mirbel observes. 
