The prolonged strike of the miner' in Great Britain has again created a certain amount of interest in the feasibility of shipping Chinese coal to Europe and other parts of the world. Recently very many inquiries have been received from all manner of sources, places so greatly apart as Australia and Europe, but so far as can he ascertained no business has been concluded. Some of the mining companies in China are frankly not interested in the export of coal from here, as having regard to the needs of native industry they take up the position that in the meantime at any rate the output should remain in the country of origin. Some of the lesser known companies, however, are prepared to undertake the business where profitable.
In one recent case the question of freight stood in the way of the export of a cargo of coal to Europe. It was found possible to obtain the quantity as well as quality of coal required from Tsingtao, but up to The
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