§ 9. Mr. CURRYasked the Secretary for Mines whether any progress has been made in the direction of putting into operation the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry, 1926, with regard to the analysis and sampling of coal and cognate subjects?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Mr. Ernest Brown)The British Standards Institution has done much work with regard to the analysis and sampling of coal, in which my Department, the Fuel Research Board and the Mining Association have taken an active part. Standard specifications for the analysis of coal for export and for inland purposes, and for the sampling of small coal for those purposes have been issued. A standard method for the sampling of large coal and run of mine coal is at present in preparation.