5 
SECONDARY OR MESOZOIC ROCKS.—CASE XI. 53 
38. Coat. No. 74. 
Near Traralgon, South Gippsland. 
Analyses of shale of a dull black 
color, with small specks of bright coal 
disseminated through it; fracture slaty; | 
indistinct fossil marks; contains about 
4 per cent. of hygroscopic water :— 
1.—DRIED SPECIMEN. ` 2.—Raw SPECIMEN. 
Volatile matter ime 2O0n74 Carbon A «es A 
Fixed carbon oe eas Hydrogen J at 4°83 
Ash a ae POE Oxygen and nitrogen ... 5:20 
ne ae Sulphur at a4 1°65 
109-00 Ash ae vay DURA: 
- 100°00 
39. COKE. 40. Coan. 
Griffiths’ Point. 
Seam 14 inches thick. Presented by 
From the “ Rock Vein” coal. Mr. William Hickinbotham. 
Cape Patterson. 
Note.—Specimens 274 to 40 will be found in Case XVI. (Minerals). 

