§ Mr. Bateyasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state, separately, the amount of oil extracted from coal by the hydrogenation process and also by low temperature carbonisation plants for the years 1937, 1938 and 1939; and why a committee was appointed to report on them?
§ Mr. LloydThe figures for 1937 and 1938 are given below; figures for 1939 are 505W not available. No committee has been appointed to report on the hydrogenation process. As regards the low temperature processes, the fact that little progress had been made in developing them in peace-time in spite of the heavy preferential
Production of oil from coal. — Motor Spirit. Creosote and heavy oils. 1937. 1938. 1937. 1938. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. By Hydrogenation … … … 116,800 140,900 — — By Low temperature Carbonisation … 3,300 4,300 7,800* 10,300* * A considerable part of these quantities was hydrogenated to obtain some of the motor spirit shown as being produced by hydrogenation.