British Experience Told in Falmouth Report secs 20 me rnc, nants"
London, Feb, 16.
Atler weeks of investigation, the Falmouth Committee on the produc: tion of all from coal submitted its ridings and recommendations Feport to-day to the Committee of Imperial Defence.
One of the conclusions of the Committee was that, in general, the policy Jot depending on imported supplies of all, with adequate "storage, was the most reliable and economical means of providing for an emergency.
It said It could not recommend the Ferap4, reliance of the country in war time on supplies of oil from indigenous sources especially established for this UFpose, unless any particular aspect of the case could be shown to be exceptional, Tu view of the wide margin tween the Felative costs of Imported all and of produced from indigenous send! materials, the Committee felt hat the development of all from coal should that be concentrated on the production of all products freely available at low prices, namely, fuel all, but on those products which were more costly and less readily available, The report mentioned that, under the Petroleum Production Act of 1934, substantial progress in drilling been made in various parte of Great Britain, but that there had been no success so far. and it recommended that the Scottish whale of industry bbe encouraged.
New Plant Projected 'On hydrogenation, the Committee stated that, the plant at Billingham wae virtually in' full operation, but that a number of dimeulties' had arisen' in the treatment of coal and the yield of petro! per ton of coal processed had not reached that ati Binally anticipated, was confidently expected that most "of these diMeulties could be overcome in a projected new plant For this new plant to give 150,000 Hons of petrol per annum the: [smallest economic unit it was estimated that the capital cost would be £8,000,000.
The Committee expressed itself in favour of an extension, for a further period of twelve years, of the guaranteed preference on home produced spirit, the rate being increased from 4d, to 84. per gallon, and of the guarantee being extended to include Diesel oil for use in motor vehicles.
The Committee considered that a grant of direct financial assistance for the establishment of further low carwontzation plants could not be 'Tue Ministey'of interior in Mexico! Jordered all" provincial governors jon Feb. 13 to conduct of census of fall foreigners in their provinces. 'The census also is to include' repens foreigner
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