§ Colonel BURDONasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give, for the year 1918 or the last year available a table showing by industries the estimated sub-division of the use of coal retained for home consumption?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANIn the year 1917 the coal available for home consumption, after deducting the amount required for 917W the operation of the coal mines, is estimated to have been distributed amongst the principal industrial and other uses approximately as follows:
Million Tons. Mines (other than coal mines) and quarries 2½ Railways for locomotive purposes 13 Gas works 18½ Electricity works 7 Blast furnaces 19½ Other uses in metal industries, including engineering and shipbuilding 30 Textiles 9 Food and drink 3 Chemical and allied trades 5 Paper, printing and allied trades 2 Building, clay and stone 6½ Miscellaneous industries 3 Domestic, mercantile, etc, uses, including coal used by the Admiralty and 1¼ million tons used for coastwise bunkering 64 183