§ 78. Mr. FORRESTasked the Secretary for Mines the latest estimate of the stock of coal now available at the pitheads in France, Belgium, Germany, and Great Britain, respectively?
§ Colonel LANE-FOXAt the end of April, 1,781,660 (metric) tons of coal were held in stock at Belgian collieries, and it has been estimated that at the end of May between nine and 10 million (metric) tons were held in stock by collieries in the Ruhr. I regret that I have not similar information for Great Britain and France.