HC Deb 22 June 1934 vol 291 cc691-2W
Mr. CHORLTON

asked the Secretary for Mines what was the amount of oil obtained from British coal by any process during 1931, 1932 and 1933; and what was the tonnage of coal involved for each respective year?

Mr. E. BROWN

I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave on 21st February last to a similar question by my hon. Friend the Member for Blaydon (Mr. Martin), of which I am sending him a copy. Since then, the figures for 1933 have been revised as follow:

Crude benzol and other spirit, 49 million gallons.

Creosote, 65 million gallons.

The tonnages of coal consumed in high and low temperature carbonisation processes from which the above products were obtained were:

Million tons.
1931 30.5
1932 30.2
1933 30.4