§ Captain BOWYERasked the President of the Board of trade the number of tons of coal per annum which have been allocated to gas undertakings and the pits from which this coal has been drawn, showing the quantity allocated from each pit?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe quantity of coal used for gas-making in the United Kingdom during the year 1919 was about 17¾ million tons. Allocations of coal are made by the District Committees dealing with coal and coke supplies. To give the information asked for in the latter part of the question would entail a considerable amount of investigation, which I do not feel justified in authorising at the present time.