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MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES &C, 
from the seam noticed by Kong Kiyon, who brought in the Coal, 
there must be a large quantity available. 
I do not think that Kong Kiyon is competent to enter into the 
engagement proposed by the Resident Councillor at Penang, or that 
we should be justified in making any agreement with him to supply 
the mineral from the territory of. our Ally, the King of Siam, with¬ 
out previously ascertaining how far he may he cognizant of such a 
proceeding; neither would the price demanded, viz .7 dollars per ton, 
justify me in laying in any quantity whilst that of ascertained good 
quality can be purchased for 6 dollars per ton. 
I have however ventured to authorize Mr. G aiding, to commission 
from Kong Kiyon two or three coyans of the Coal, and on delivery, 
to present him with 25 dollars from Government in addition to the 
price of the Coal, for having made the discovery known to the autho¬ 
rities, and with a view of inducing others to come forward with any 
information likely to develope the resources of these settlements, and 
the adjacent native states, which I trust will meet with the approval 
of the Hon’ble the Deputy Governor of Bengal. 
The Junks from China and Cochin China are now daily making 
their appearance, and I am averse to withdrawing the Steamer from 
the vicinity of Point Romania for any lengthened period, or I would 
have furnished a more full report on the subject of this Coal, but I 
hope to proceed on my annual tour early in May, or as soon as it 
shall be ascertained, by the change of the monsoon, that the whole of 
the Junks of the season have arrived, when I shall send the Hooglily 
to Junk Ceylon, and do myself the honor of reporting the result. 
I have the honor to be, &c. 
W. J. Butterwokth, 
Governor . ' 
Singapore, 21th February, 1847 
(No. 161 of 1847.) 
f rom the Resident Councillor Prince of Wales Island. 
To the Hordble the Governor , <§rc. SfC. S?c. 
Sib,—C aptain Congalton, in command of the Hon’ble Campany’s 
Steamer Hooghly, will have shown to you a muster of Coal brought 
to Penang just about the time the Steamer reached this port. He 
procured the muster from Mr. Gottlieb, the Harbour Master, hut no 
particulars could be obtained, as the man who brought the sample 
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