Mr. Hughes has resumed operations at the tin exploitation in Tenasserim. Dr. Warth, on joining the Department, has been placed with Mr. Hughes. Mr. Griesbach left Calcutta for the N. W. Frontier in November; but has since been posted as Geologist with the Miranzai Expeditionary Force. Mr. Oldham succeeded in verifying the reported occurrence of oil at Mogulkot, in the Sherani country, before the withdrawal of the late Zhob Valley Expeditionary Force. The oil is of fairly good quality, and issues from the springs at about 10 gallons a day. The laboratory examinations of this oil, owing to uncertainty as to the procuring of the samples sent down before Mr. Oldham's visit, are still conflicting so that a more thorough examination of the springs and their geological conditions will have to be made, when opportunity for further survey occurs. List of Reports and Papers sent in to Office for publication or record during November and December 1890, and January 1891. Author. C. L. GRIESBACH R. D. OLDHAM C. S. MIDDLE MISS P. N. BOSE DR. NOETLING DR. H. WARTH Subject. Disposal. Memoir on the Central Himalayas Will be published imme diately as Vol. XXIII, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Memorandum on the occurrence Will be published in next of Petroleum. Records. Notes on the Geology of the Salt- Appears in the current List of Assays and Examinations made in the Laboratory, Geological Survey of India, during the months of November and December 1890, and January 1891. Substance. For whom. Quartz, from Dhadka, for Geological Survey of Contains no gold. gold. India. Result. List of Assays and Examinations made in the Laboratory, Geological Survey of India, during the months of November and December 1890, and Fanuary 1891-continued. Result. Colour-deep yellow; liquid-begins to thicken at about 54° F.; solidifies at about 32° F. Specific gravity (corrected to 60° F.) '831. Flashing point (Abel's Test), 128° F. On distillation it yielded: |