§ 54. Sir H. BRITTAINasked the President of the Board of Trade the average amount of British-made benzol produced per month in the current year; and how that amount compares with the average monthly production in 1918?
§ Sir R. HORNEThe average monthly production of refined benzol in the United Kingdom during the first nine months of the current year is understood to have been approximately 1,650,000 gallons, compared with an average monthly production during the year 1918 of 2,200,000 gallons.
§ Sir H. BRITTAINHas anything been done to remedy this state of affairs?
§ Sir R. HORNEI am not perfectly certain what the causes are for the reduction in the production of benzol. My own impression, for what it is worth, is that the reduced output of coal has had the effect of reducing the output of byproducts.