122 
After inspecting the brown coal workings I was taken to see a black 
coal seam, the position of which was described to me as in the Parish of 
Wensleydale, abont half-a-mile northerly fronn block 8 (O'. Armistead), 
Parish of Boonah. 
The seam is exposed in the hanks and bed of a gully running north¬ 
easterly. Where first seen it is about 3 in. thick, in a shale band, suc¬ 
ceeded both above and below by typical Jurassic alternating standstones 
and ruhbly shales. The dip is about 15° E. to east-north-east. About a 
quarter of a mile lower down the gully the seam is 2 in. or 3 in. thick, 
dipping (in the bed of the creek) about 10° easterly. This seam is 
manifestly of no economic value. 
[21.12.14.] 
Labokatory Report fvTos. 375, 376, 377 (1914). 
Two samples Nos. 375 and 376 were in bulk about 40 lb. each, and 
consisted of typical earthy brown coal. 
No. 377 consists of vegetable resin derived from the brown coal. 
The large samples were broken down and sampled for analysis. Dis¬ 
tillation tests were then carried on in the experimental plant devised for 
the purpose, and the resulting tar was distilled. 
Analysis. 
No. 375. 
No. 376. 
Raw Coal. 
Calculated free 
Raw Coal. 
Calculated free ■ 
from water. 
from HsO. 
H,0 ... 
40*06 
33*91 
Vol. hydrocarb. 
26 * 65 
44*46 
32*70 
49*48 
Fixed carbon ... 
30*73 
51*27 
30*52 
46*18 
Ash ... 
2*56 
4*27 
2*87 
4*34 
Total 
100*00% 
100*00% 
100*00% 
100*00% 
Nitros^en (N) ... 
0*39% 
0*655% 
0*402% 
0*609% 
Partial ultimate analysis ;— 
Carbon, 68.56%. 
Hydrogen, 4.82%. 
Nitrogen, 0.655%. 
The coal is non-caking, and burns with a short flame, with little 
smoke, the ash is reddish-grey in colour, and infusible. 
The moisture content is low, the samples probably being partly air 
dried through exposure. 
Distillation Tests. 
No. 375. 
No. 376. 
Raw Coal. 
(H^O 40%) 
Moisture free. 
Raw Coal. 
(HjO 34.0%) 
Moisture free. 
1. Ammonium Sulphate— 
Recovered from Liquor ... 
Recovered from Tar 
Total 
2. Tar 
3. Gas (cubic feet) ... 
4. Carbonaceous Residue 
5. Salts recoverable from ash 
(Potash &c.) ... 
per ton. 
5*8 lb. 
* 73 lb. 
per ton. 
9*7 lb. 
1*2 lb. 
per ton. 
8*3 lb. 
*55 lb. 
per ton. 
12*6 lb. 
*8 lb. 
6*53 lb. 
10*9 lb. 
8*85 lb. 
13*4 lb. 
67*4 lb. 
7,467 
747 lb. 
12*7 lb. 
= 381 lb. 
per ton ash. 
112*3 lb. 
12,445 
1,245 lb. 
21 * 2 lb. 
65*7 lb. 
9,251 
738 lb. 
99*5 lb. 
14,002 
1,118 lb. 
