Mr. H. Wilsonasked the Minister of Power if he is yet in a position to state for the calendar year 1959 the figures of deep-mined coal production, opencast coal production, oil consumption on a coal equivalent basis, net inland coal consumption and total inland fuel consumption on a basis comparable with the figures given in his Department's Statistical Digest for 1958 in Table 8, column 4. Table 34, column 9, Table 5, columns 4 and 5, Table 5, column 3 and Table 5, column 7, respectively.
§ Mr. GeorgeThe following is the information:
Year 1959 Thousand tons Deep-mined coal production … 195,275 Opencast coal production … 10,833
Million tons of coal equivalent Oil consumption: Black oils … 28.8 Other oils … 27.4 Net inland coal consumption … 187.6 Total inland fuel consumption … 245.8