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but as he had inadvertently disclosed his name, Colonel Butterworth 
caused a se: ch to be made for him in Province Wellesley. The 
real possessor of the secret was now found, and, all hesitation to 
point out the locality being removed by a present of fifty dollars, 
he was sent in one of the Government Gun boats for the purpose oil 
the 21th July last. The Gun boat arrived on the 28th at the spot 
indicated by the Siamese as the locality of the coal bed, where she 
anchored in 2^ fathoms of water and about ^ of a mile from the 
shore. The party landed on a small sandy beach having rocks 
on either side, and on walking about 200 feet from the shore they 
came upon the coal, of which several piculs were brought away. 
The commander of the Gun boat reported that the surface layer was 
red, composed of mingled sand and shells, and from 2 to 6 inches 
in thickness. This rested on a layer of sand, beneath which, and 
in contact with the coal, was a thin layer of blue clay. He was 
led to think that the coal extends from the beach to a small hill or 
elevation which stretches for about 1000 feet in a N.-S. direc¬ 
tion along the shore at a distance varying from 50 to 200 feet. The 
position could not he ascertained by observation, but the place indi¬ 
cated on Horsburgh’s chart by the Commander of the Gun boat as 
the locality of the coal deposit is (according to Captain Gottlieb, the 
Harbour Master at Pinang, from whose letter to Ihe Resident Coun¬ 
cillor we derive these detatls) in latitude 7° 41’ N, and longi¬ 
tude 99° 15’ E., the southern point of Pulo Lontar bearing SW. 
by S., P. Telebon SSfi. and Tanjong Catton NE. by N. 
A quantity of this coal was tried in the Hooglily during her last 
voyage from Pinang to Singapore, and Captain Congalton inform us 
that it burned well. 
Some fine specimens which have been presented to us* by the 
hon'ble the Governor, and a bag full of others for which we arc 
indebted to Captain Congalton, enable us to add a few remarks 
on this coal. 
In its external appearance, fracture, texture, polish on the sides 
of cleavage planes transverse to the grain, unusual abundance of 
inflammable gas, and mode of burning, it so completely resembles 
the specimen first noticed above, that, whether found in the same 
locality with it or not,' we can have no hesitation in pronouncing 
both to be identical. The first is rather more bright in its lustre, 
