Peking, July 16.
Mr. Roy Chapman Andrews and Secu consideration to. plane. for Seoducing ai from coal writes.
Niopt the low teraperature oF The high temperature istilation Teutad appears. to be one of the fan ponto new ander, ess Hut, provided that the carbonization vrcbal by one or other of these thoctmethads can be. proved com-Mrelalyfeasible—and there are Thong people, who think it can be mage to pay-there. is reason Tulfeve that, the necessary plants Wait'be installed ne Fushun, the Tamote, coat mines, owned by. the South Manchurian Railway, before very long Huge Oil and Coat Deposits oats on this coal are being earriedeout at the present time California ona smal scale" by tneanw vot "the Trumble process Mich is said. tobe one of the Titst and most, highly perfected tnethods "of low temperature dis-Maton, Tf, as is hoped, the tats rove suceessfal, the Government Win probably set to work to develop this potential source. of all. This Coal and oil shale deposit, which fe"contraied by the South, Man-Shurlan "Railway, is, one of the Sale of all Government-owned industrial and commercial _enterprises, with the' single exception of the Philippine National Bank, is urged by Governor-General Wood special message just sent the Philippine Legislature. The Governor-General's message is as follows:—
"Gentlemen:
"Bach year for the past three years I have tried to make clear to your Honourable Body the actual [condition of the various Government companies, not in a hypocritical sense but with the idea of interpreting the rather complicated condtions and statistics to the Legisla~ ture and to the public. I feel sure this has been generally appreciated certainly by the members of the Legislature—and that it has been of value in the development of public interest and sound public
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