94 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. July 10, 1914. EXPORTS OF COKE AND MANUFACTURED FUEL DURING 1912 AND 1913. Statement Showing for each of the Years 1912 and 1913 the Quantities of Coke and Manufactured Fuel Exported from the Principal Districts of the United Kingdom to the Principal Groups of Foreign Countries and British Possessions. Bristol Channel ports. North western ports. North-eastern ports. Humber ports. Other ports on the east coast. East Scotland. West Scotland. All other ports. Total from the United Kingdom. Increase or decrease from the United Kingdom in 1913 as compared with 1912. Newport, Cardiff. Swansea, Port Talbot, Llanelly, Gloucester, Bristol, &c. Liverpool, Manchester, Runcorn, Preston, Fleet w ood, Lancaster, Whitehaven, Workington, Maryport, &c. Newcastle, Bly th, Ambl", N. Shields, South Shields. Sunderland, Seaham, Hartlepool West, Stockton, Middlesbrough, &c. Hull, Goola, and Grimsby (including Immiugham). Leith, Granton, Borrowstone ss, Grangemouth, Alloa, Burntisland, Kirkcaldy, Methil, Dundee, &c. Greenock, Glasgow, Ardrossan, Troon, Ayr, Irvine, &c. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912. Tons. 82,469 3 9,567 279 479 924 497 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. 1912 1913. 1912. 1913. Russia, Sweden, Norway, Den- mark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland, Whale Fisheries, and Deep Sea Fisheries. France, Switzerland, Channel Islands, Portugal Azores and Madeira, Spain and Canaries, Gibraltar, Italy, Austria-Hun- gary, Malta, Ser via, Monte- negro, Greece, Bulgaria, Rou- mania, Turkey, Cyprus, Tripoli, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco, Spanish Ports in North Africa, and Egypt. West Coast of Africa, Ascension, and St. Helena. British South Africa East C< ast of Africa, Mauritius and Dependencie , Seychelles, Madagascar, Bourbon, Abys- sinia, Arabia, Persia, and Aden and Dependencies. Indian Continent Ceylon, Straits Settlements, Java, Other Dutch Possessions in Indian Seas, Philippine Islands, Siam, French Indo-China, Hong Kong, China, Wei-hai-Wei, Korea, Japan, Australasia, and Pacific Islands. Canada, Newfoundland, St. Pierre and Miquelon, United States of America, British West Indies, Bermudas, Foreign West In- dies, Mexico, Panama, Central America, Colombo, and Vene- zuela. Brazil, Uruguay, Bolivia, Argen- tine Republic, Paraguay, and Falkland Islands. Peru, Ecuador, and Chile Ti.tal | Tons. 15,374 *10,690 38,065 *970,653 346 *83,390 12,469 *3,026 136 *12,620 2,072 *11,114 1,614 *5,031 2,501 *51,136 32,084 *250,072 1,824 *160,340 Tons. 26,031 14,723 56,213 1,282,496 683 93,918 22,363 122 17,938 6,737 13,875 3,391 11,223 3,188 35,586 33,283 364,637 6,336 196,752 Tons. 14,945 323 450 751 59 59 453 304 55 122 874 3,715 364 350 562 50 Tons. 22,358 5,646 11 647 1,051 781 45 311 2,035 2,253 5,974 1,650 1,487 1,009 Tons. 166,310 160,507 12,177 2,160 1,547 9,247 8,655 4,150 996 2,541 Tons 182,544 189,305 1,929 652 3,192 13,289 2,057 7,792 9,066 . oi oq 02 Ci 1O §^i ;-i 11 1111 iiii ii miii CO CM Tons. 209,561 75 69 50 15 299 10 20 Tons. 262,127 3,081 90 4 7 4 43 50 Tons. 147,018 1,401 22,493 12,768 1,404 1,896 Tons. 130,100 3,489 15,300 2,213 1,502 883 Tons. 7,323 17,348 1,087 10 899 696 638 249 11,442 690 3,264 125 Tons. 10,769 15,493 5,629 256 698 821 3,055 222 16,417 169 302 3,523 105 4,592 Tns 100 2 Illi II 1 1'1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ig lg§ O ^1 GO Tons. 643,100 12,094 248,378 984,508 875 83,390 26,627 • 3,085 3,066 13,073 4,561 11,418 22,724 5,031 13 209 54,851 42,210 250,422 5,900 162,931 Tons. 772,188 18,212 309,290 1,290,349 1,586 96,471 25,861 4 1,647 17,938 13,295 14,097 35,136 11,223 7,650 41,912 47,485 366,229 21,003 196,752 Tons. + 129,088 + 6,118 + 60,912 -r 305,841 + 711 4- 13,081 - 766 - 3,081 - 1,419 + 4,865 + 8,734 + 2,679 4- 12,412 + 6,192 - 5,559 - 12,939 + 5,275 4-115,807 + 15,103 + 33,821 106,485 1,558,072 158,347 [2,031,148 i 18,754 4,682 36,735 8,523 365,749 2,541 409,826 94,215 3 155,998 210,099 265.352 54 172,811 14,169 146,283 7,204 42,435 1,336 55,733 6,258 102 6,867 1,010,650 1,580,803 1,235,141 2,053,187 4-224,491 + 472,384 * The figures in italics denote the quantities of manufactured fuel exported. has decided to retire. He has been officially connected with the firm since the inception of the company in 1873. Mr. E. L. Tosh, furnace manager for some years, has been appointed general manager, Mr. Jno. Knight, secretary, and Mr. W. H. Holden will have charge of the sales department. Mr. William Graham, of Moresby, who has recently been appointed a county magistrate, is a native of Egremont, and entering the service of the Moresby Coal Company as a young man has risen rapidly in the service of the company, of which he is now the managing director. Yorkshire. Shortage of Labour and Sinking—Lord Aberconway on the High Price of Coal. In calling attention to the shortage of men to work the Maltby Main Colliery, Mr. Maurice Deacon has voiced a grievance which is felt at practically all the new pits in the Doncaster area. It appears to be a common experience that collieries opening out are unable to get as many miners as they wish for, and that, as a natural consequence, their development is not so rapid as it otherwise would be. Not- withstanding the fact that the wages paid at the coal face are remarkably good, the requisite number of men is still not forthcoming. The great demand for men is due to the boom in trade and the number of new collieries which are being sunk all over the country. Bentley Urban District Council are keen upon getting their housing scheme accomplished, and at last week’s meeting decided to push forward as rapidly as possible. Various types of houses are being considered, the rentals of which would range from 7s. 9d. to 4s. per week, and plans and full details are about to be submitted to the Local Government Board. The expenditure of the education authorities in the Doncaster area through colliery development continues to advance. At its meeting last week the committee sanctioned the erection of head teachers’ houses at Adwick and Rossington. A long discussion took place with regard to the Brierley district. Aid. Booth proposed the provision of a council school at this place for 200 children. The character of the village had, he said, entirely changed. A colliery had been opened within 150 yards of the present church school, and he was told that in the near future they might expect an increased population of from 800 to 1,000. The proposi- tion was carried. The abstention of colliers from their work was given as the chief cause for the continued high price of coal, by Lord Aberconway last week, at the annual meeting of John Brown and Company. He said the percentage of absentees in the collieries in this district varied from 15 to 20, and when one applied these figures to the whole of the country where that at the present time prevailed, it was quite evident that the output had been reduced in spite of the fact that more men were going into the pits. That meant higher costs and more than that it meant scarcity of coal, and he could not hold out any hope to manufacturers and consumers of coal, that so long as these conditions prevailed, the price of coal would be materially reduced. Our rivals of Germany and France were pushing their coal, and the United States were also delivering cargoes in the Mediterranean to-day. They did not know what the Panama Canal might mean to this country’s coal trade. It was quite possible that the United States would now get a good deal of the trade on the Pacific coast of South America, which hitherto had been in English hands, but after that he was sanguine enough to think that with one quality of coal and low freights we should still hold our own. Legislation had again made very heavy charges on the company’s resources, and had appreci- ably affected profits. Directly and indirectly they had to disburse sums which represented 4 per cent, on their ordinary share capital, amounting to something like <£70,000 a year, the greater portion of which went to the prosperity of their workpeople. They did not grudge the workmen those advantages; all they asked was a ready response from them when called upon to do their part. Lancashire and Cheshire. Mr. Peter Gaskell, manager of the Low Hall Collieries, Platt Bridge, has been presented with a canteen of cutlery by the officials and employees of Moss Hall Collieries, upon the occasion of his marriage to Miss Alice E. Monks. Notts and Derbyshire. Chesterfield is to be the headquarters of the mines rescue station and brigade, which the colliery owners are compelled to provide and equip under the new Mines Act. The com- mittee have decided to purchase a site in Infirmary-road from the corporation. The site is close to both railway stations, and has been selected in preference to a plot which the Duke of Devonshire offered free, outside Chesterfield. The Midlands. No less than six persons were prosecuted at the Newcastle County Court last week by the Madeley Coal and Coke Com- pany Limited, for having slept in the mine contrary to regulations under the Coal Mines Act. The defendants were each fined £1 and 8s. 6d. costs. A final settlement has been effected in the matter of com- pensation to the property owners who suffered damage by the mining subsidence in High-street, Cradley Heath, in February last. After prolonged negotiations, Messrs. D. Parsons and Sons, the colliery proprietors concerned, have increased their offer of £7,000, which was rejected, to one of £8,500, and this the property owners will accept as satis- factory. In addition to the compensation, the colliery owners will also pay incidental costs, which do not amount to a large sum. Kent. Progress of Anglo-Westphalian and Snowdown Enterprises. The siding connecting up the Anglo Westphalian’s Chislet Colliery with the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway has now been completed, the colliery now being in communica- tion with Grove Ferry station. The pits at this colliery are being sunk with the aid of the cementation process, and the work which is being carried out by the Deep Boring and General Shafting Company is proceeding satisfactorily. The Stonehall Colliery have had a bit of a set back with their cementation process, the work having to be temporarily suspended owing to the trouble with the surface water from the chalk. This cementation process has been employed in the initial stages of the sinking, but owing to the blasting the protection gave way, letting in the water, and pumps are now being installed to deal with the inflow. Excellent progress continues to be made here, the surface equipment being in a very advanced state. The Anglo Westphalians have decided to erect permanent plant at their colliery, and for this purpose they have ordered two pairs of winding engines with the necessary boilers, etc. The foundations have been got out for the engine houses, and temporary offices have been built. The officials have put down a trial borehole to test the pressure of the water, and as a result it has been deemed desirable to use the cementation process for the first 225 feet. For a dis- tance between the surface and 225 feet water was found under pressure, and although it w’as anticipated there would be no difficulty from that in itself, it was felt that the pressure might send it up and transpose what was dry sand into a quicksand. The cementation process as yet has proved quite successful and the holes have stood a very high pressure. This company also commenced a borehole at Reculvers, near Herne Bay, at the end of May, and this has now been sunk to about 1,129 feet. They have passed through clay to 51ft., blue clay from 51ft. to 89 ft., and from 89 ft. to 940 ft. chalk, and thence into gault to 1,017 ft. From 1,017 ft. to 1,129 ft. they are in what is considered to be the commencement of the coal measures, but that will not be known definitely until they have received the result of the analysis from Mr. Meachem and Prof. Krausch, to whom specimens of the core have been sent. Interesting details are to hand with reference to the Snowdown Colliery. Amongst the buyers of this coal are the South-Eastern and Chatham Railway Company, many local gas companies, the Associated Portland Cement Com- pany and the British Portland Cement Company. The new Snowdown Hard seam has proved most satisfactory, and a binding contract has already been made with a firm of coal merchants to take the first 8.000 tons from that seam at a price some 4s. per ton greater than was commanded by the best coal from the Beresford seam. That from the Beresford seam is excellent coal for steam and gas purposes, but is of