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REPORT—1854. 
h! f 1 ? b t ' f n , the, V'. t,,r r sn thc counties of Down, Armagh and Monaghan. 
He further stated that tins culm, following the strike of the rocks to the N.K. ntid 
a. ., may be expected to be found in twenty-two other townlands which he named, 
fie aesmbed the tnal made for this culm, and illustrated the description with suit- 
‘f L,L aSra U 1 f 1 i- * !■“' 11 was l, y analysis that this cubit contuins 7761 percent. 
anon, °f 'viler ttud 18-IJI of as!i, and no hitumen ; by another nnnlyth uf 
a specimen taken from u greater depth in thc pit, it was found to contain only T2S 
’ i * ,? l l , '*T e ? ,or ordiwwy domestic purposes, but is excellent for burning 
J neks, or drying inalt, when mixed with a small portion of bituminous coal 
Ir ° t^nstc jt. When tnado red it gives out u powerful heat, ond continue* 
a gie.i vrigth of lime. It is found nUu most eflicient for smith*'work. A* a 
s ’ ,ocuIallon > t ' lp working of this bed ought to pay well in thc county of Cavan. 
... . ls maca under cultivation, and in which linn; 1ms a wonderfully fertilising 
! , 0,1 *,' “V 1 lms in 0,1 sli,t0 countries, and where fuel is .,t present tro 
. c f B . < °.° , r f° r ■Ml* hut t* very limited burning of limestone, although that 
c is nbnudnnt in several parts of ina enmity. Coals from Troon, by a circuitou* 
and expensn-e carriage, cost at Cavan 27*. » ton and upwards. 
Il , ? 1 ,! wen J into much detail, describing the mode of working he would 
to 51 ! I,tl i n< * wb * cb - S|; j ,, ds nearly vertical, and entered into calculation* 
a lmv * vuiau we expenses of working should be deducted, lie iw**" 
nrolmhniiwU *'? “Wires exist in the gruuwackc formation in Cavan, there is s grr*« 
!rnn a n ' o y , u ,c culm , ' Vl11 b ‘‘ f,nir “l other localities in the county, in a dirrett* 
discos of, 1 t rrJ st, 'i k ?> “ ' vt| l as in it ; and concluded by stating that the 
exist Rtrnnml " 8 T' 11 formation where it was supposed least likd? 
kino do m i,f Q . n8 ," H °P ,n 1 ‘ on > that coal and many valuable minerals exist in jhi* 
mav vet Iu> aiK i C| ul, hnown to the proprietors of the soil, and lie hopes they 
overed, and rendered a fruitful source of commerce in the country- 
in Section I)""' 3 ™ exbib ' tcd « restoration of Zamites gigas, described more fully 
botany and zoology. 
BoTAJiY. 
tmarhs upon some Peculiarities discovered ill Liquid Caotdchouc. 
Tnw antt. B y T *C. Archer, Liverpool. 
rubber. ^/ordiina** 1 ** l' 1 ’had discovered the cause of the black colour in in 
black colour was °P ,n J OD # which had been copied from book to book, 1 
bv the natives in th »5- t0 tle hottlcs. and other forma of thc material. being 
Peculiar ^o»;, v t'irrv f lheir 6 <»»«•<*• 
black colour In’ , e lc J* ,gbt acfs u l ,on 't very powerfully, and l’ r0( !“ ^. is 
mbbcMn white I*. tU *' M '- Archer exhibited specimens of tog*** 
trying experiment.. n * ' I ^ 18 b( l uil1 had been imported for the P ur r?' | 
received an addition <V «?** n< receivin g brilliant colours, and it had . p ; 
it* liquidity and urcvlmi? e i ,qUld an,monia * probably for thc P ul T 0 ^* f JJfJJuu 
caoutchouc resembles J d *v“ n,pOS ' Ll " D ‘ ln co,our an<1 consistency tl 
of light, become ui n j l tbls in white glass bottles had, by?f nll iditi 
are unimpaired • whereat 8 1bm » whilst the interior whiteness and '^Mth 
retains its orie’inal rt ' u 8,,D,lar sample of the material in a green g 
to thc action M f* Arcbpr thought this pecnltar. SUSC &- 
chouc from the west of not * cc - Be exhibited a speameQ . ^ 
superior character. *** Africa, the quality of which is evidently 
at the inaitonce^of 0 the BoSd of S? °e <Iiagram9 of P lants * which he fc#d 
ru oi trade, for educational purposes. 
