§ Mr. HARDIEasked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that, owing to scarcity of coke, blast furnaces at Moss Bay have been closed down; and can he give the number of coke ovens not working in Great Britain?
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§ Colonel LANE-FOXI cannot say what is the number of idle coke-ovens at the present, time, but I do not think there is any general scarcity of metallurgical coke. The shortage in Cumberland appears to be due to local disputes at the coal mines.