§ 2. Mr. Leeasked the Secretary for Mines whether he is in a position to report to the House any findings of the conference which he has recently held with various interests in the coal industry and the mercantile shipping upon the question of the use of coal in mercantile vessels in place of oil?
§ Captain CrookshankThe conference unanimously resolved that it welcomed the steps taken to bring to the attention of the interests concerned the possibility, in the national interest, of obtaining an increased use of coal for bunkering purposes. With the object of examining the matter in further detail and of formulating proposals designed to secure the object in view, the conference agreed to recommend the setting up, at an early date, of a committee representative of the shipping, coal and marine engineering interests attending the conference. Steps have already been taken to constitute this committee, of which the Under-Secretary for Mines will be chairman.