80 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN July 14, 1916. EXPORTS OF COAL, COKE, ASO MANUFACTURED FOEL FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM During June and the First Six Completed Months of 1914, 1915 and 1916. June, 1916. June. To Coa]—Small. Coal—Through- and-through (unscreened). Coal—Large All coal. Quantity (tons). AU coal. 1 Value (<£). Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons. £ 1914. I 1915. 1916. 1914. 1915 1916. Russia . — — — — — — 705,715 3,281 484,972 3,849 Sweden. 7,203 7,984 31,395 35,928 103,855 184,075 391,533 285,693 142,453 246,509 235,850 227,987 Norway. 57,165 79,213 29,457 36,512 160,253 308,184 152,058 202,877 246,875 90,337 173,225 423,909 Denmark 13,201 19,673 42,658 52,294 130,683 230,312 219,991 281,255 186,542 138,729 226,856 302,279 Germany — — — — — — 823,978 — — 480,793 — — Netherlands 5,944 5,606 76,481 88,105 27,970 37,968 163,574 113,171 110,395 98,998 80,661 131,679 Belgium — — — — 140,565 — — 80,751 — France 527,970 548,210 514,546 535,157 455,407 651,880 965,326 1,546,559 1,497,923 591,516 1,303,176 1,735,247 Portugal, Azores, and Madeira 16,538 19,742 15,287 15,681 32,735 55,136 102,929 86,512 64,560 76,205 84,986 90,559 Spain and Canaries 27,626 33,584 91,040 109,296 103,643 170,017 253,377 152,248 222,309 181,684 157,083 312,897 Italy .... 25,974 25,294 148,985 167,987 322,081 479,578 632,393 399,353 497,040 437,321 357,156 672,859 Austria- Hungary — — — — — — 83,892 — — 56,588 — — Greece . 999 1,249 493 431 2,787 6,977 66,664 32,446 4,279 48,707 38,824 8,657 Roumania — — — — — — 25,514 — — 20,385 — — Turkey . — — — — 60,116 — 50,896 — Algeria 14,407 17,164 23,997 34,718 16,145 28,070 75,139 70,481 54,549 48,542 69,758 79,952 Portuguese West Atnca 19 36 9,864 16,339 1 25,316 47,337 9,258 10,716 35,199 7,632 12,487 63,712 Chile .... 790 2,<>70 — — 3,429 6,001 34,035 13,297 4,219 28,092 12,697 8,071 Brazil . 1,187 1,771 652 1,334 10,602 20,296 : 135,821 32,040 12,441 126,974 37,179 23,401 Uruguay — — — — — — I 66,334 19,865 — 55,918 26,379 — Argentine Republic 3,788 7,006 — — 1 24,860 36,908 i 210,369 74,970 28,648 185,428 83,203 43,914 Channel Islands 278 352 2,833 3,169 ; 5,263 5,637 i 10,036 7,590 8,374 7,433 7,036 9,158 Gibraltar 9,340 12,360 9,951 18,263 ; 19,122 41,510 i 14,526 32,218 38,413 9,819 33,745 72,133 Malta .. 804 598 — 1 794 835 ■ 35,129 28,805 1,598 28,355 28,816 1,433 Egypt (including Anglo-Egyptian Sudan) 2,561 3,335 14,118 18,406 43,644 66,470 211,818 65,864 60,323 163,753 64,929 88,211 A den and Dependencies — — i — — i — — 5,708 28,777 — 5,137 25,759 British India — — i — — — — 12,800 50 — 11,067 50 — Ceylon .. — • — — ! 7,189 8,276 | 26,096 469 7,189 23,060 562 8,276 Other countries 9,562 14,840 3,661 6,897 29,146 49,390 99,526 68,769 42,369 74,728 73,353 71,127 r Anthracite 75,188 95,940 — — 97,789 136,631 205,686 183,499 172,977 158,505 171,094 232,571 Steam 592,083 637,005 362,788 456,146 1,408,165 2,271,578 4,112,067 2,494,635 2,363,036 2,834,851 2,321,640 3,364,729 Totals Gas 891 970 556,750 569,661 3,362 4,744 993,284 653,578 561,003 609,766 462,971 575,375 Household 5,166 7,308 — — 14,420 20,098 139,430 77,974 19,586 89,360 71,310 27,406 _ Other sorts Total 52,028 725,356 58,864 800,087 95,880 1,015,418 114,710 1,140,517 1,188 1,524,924 1,806 2,434,857 283,753 5,734,220 147,620 3,557,306 149,096 3,265,698 167,847 3,860,329 110,604 3,137,619 175,380 4,375,461 Total (June 1915) 1,046,310 854,499 938,108 710,525 1,572,888 1,572,595 — — — — — — Total (June 1914) 1,430,612 762,213 1,194,948 726,945 3,108,660 2,371,171 — — — — — — Coke — — — — — — 73,163 52,713 139,574 59,818 68,835 239,069 Manufactured fuel ' — — — — — — 192,034 115,404 98,683 166,686 118,004 137,447 — — — — — — Total of coal, coke & manufactured fuel — — - — 5,999,417 3,725,423 3,503,955 4,086,838 3,324,458 4,751,977 First six months of 1916. First six : months. Anthracite 499,437 .593,469 781 ? 586 510,940 667,977 1,360,242 1,014,668 1,011,158 ) 1,061,660 948,£65 1,262,032 Steam 3,803,119 3,395,315 1,932,494 2,100,110 8,212,011 10,567,781 25,094,812 16,372,730 13,947,624 17,508,677 13,525,838 ' 16,063,206 Total < Gas 24,377 . 24,461 2,977,469 2,758,082 42,809 49,001 5,739,845 3,613,003 3,044,655 3,604,514 2,330,273 j 2,831,544 Household 37,070 42,864 — — 195,713 232,404 742,440 512,445 232,783 i 488,368 434,618 1 275,268 u Other sorts 265,137 258,279 559,338 536,935 14,766 17,035 1,649,599 819,744 839,241 | 993,661 533,172 812,299 — — — — — Total 4,629,140 : 4,314,388 5,470,082 5,395,713 8,976,239 11,534,248 34,586,938 22,332,590 19,075,461 23,656,880 17,772,766 21,244,349 Total for six months of 1915 6,127,514 4,266,369 5,198,176 3,492,055 11,006,900 10,014,342 — — — — — — Total for six months of 1914 8,159,181 4,330,080 7,359,534 4,566,021 19,068,223 14,760,779 — — — — — — Coke Manufactured fuel — — — — — — 517,609 1 1,044,360 419,709 624,875 744,247 684,979 445,135 909,441 389,012 579,280 1,187,638 871,174 — — — — — — — — — Total of coal, coke & manufactured fuel — — — — — — 36,148,907 23,377,174 20,504,687 j I 25,011,456 18,741,058 23,303,161 Note.—The figures in the above tables do not include Admiralty and certain other shipments. present month, no cessation of work for holidays. All over Lanarkshire notices had been posted at the pitheads to the effect that a short holiday would be held as from July 14 to 17 inclusive, but these have been withdrawn and-the miners themselves are quite reconciled to the idea of foregoing their vacation, for the present month at all events. The expecta- tion is that a definite pronouncement as to holidays will be given by the Miners’ Organisation Committee very speedily. In Hamilton Sheriff Court last week, John Whiteside, colliery manager, was charged with having, while acting as manager of Holytowm Colliery, belonging to Messrs. James Nimmo and Company, failed to partition off a quantity of explosives. He was fined £2, with the alternative of ten days’ imprisonment. Patrick Donnelly, 36, a miner, residing in Parkneuk- street, Motherwell, sustained a serious accident in the Park- neuk Colliery of the Glasgow Iron Company. A heavy stone fell upon him from the roof, fracturing his spine. On Friday last week, an accident occurred in the Splint coal seam of No. 2 pit, Clyde Colliery, Hamilton, as a result of which Henry McKinnon Murdoch, 17, a boy driver, lost his life. He was stooping to unfasten the tail chain, when his head was caught between two rakes of hutches and he was knocked back on to the road. Murdoch’s father is pre- sently on active service at Salonica, while his elder brother is in the Army in England. The Lanarkshire branch of the Scottish Under-managers’ Association held the usual monthly meeting in the Masonic Hall, Hamilton, on Saturday evening. An interesting paper was read by a member of the East of Scotland branch on the subject of “ Explosions in Coal Mines.” The author dealt Avith the part played by coal dust in explosions, and referred to the researches which experts had carried on within recent years. An accident occurred last week in the Priory Colliery, Blantyre, belonging to Messrs. Wm. Baird and Company, which resulted in four men being burned. Two machinemen who had just ceased work were standing conversing with other two miners,’when an electric cable burst. In a moment the men were seen to be in great agony. They were removed to the surface with all haste, where they were medically attended. It has since been ascertained that the men are not so seriously injured as was at first feared. The body of a young man was found in one of the man- holes of Messrs. Wm. Baird and Company’s No. 1 Bothwell Castle Colliery, Bothwell. It was identified as that of Thos. Mullen, pony driver at the pit. It is presumed that the lad had been struck by runaway hutches, with such force as to throw him where he was found. For months there has been a dispute at Blairhall Colliery of the Coltness Iron and Coal Company, in regard to alleged deductions under the Coal Mines Regulation Act. It is averred that without the authority of the checkweigher and, in fact, in face of his protests, deductions were made from the miners’ output by the weigher at his own hand. An action for interdict was recently raised in Dunfermline Sheriff Court as a test case at the instance of Janies Dobbie, miner, Blairhall, against the company for a sum of £5. Sheriff Umpherston held that the workman could not sue in such a dispute, and that the only remedy was to leave the employment. On appeal, Sheriff-Principal Fleming allowed an amendment in the details, and remitted the case again to Sheriff Umpherston. The gas emanating from the old Barrwood pit shaft, Kil- syth, caught fire this week and measures had to be taken to extinguish the flames, which were a grave source of danger to children who often play in the vicinity. An enquiry was held in Stirling Sheriff Court last week— before Sheriff Leslie and a jury—into the circumstances attending the death of Henry Black, miner, South Barrwood, who succumbed to injuries sustained in the Hough Colliery, Kilsyth. A formal verdict was returned. While working in the Hough Colliery, Kilsyth, belonging to Messrs. William Baird and Company, Samuel Robertson, miner, High Craigends, Kilsyth, was injured by a stone fall- ing upon him. It was found that he had fractured one of his legs above the knee, and he was removed to the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow. A fatal accident occurred in Woodilee Colliery, Kirkin- tilloch last week, the victim being Frank McLean, a brasher, residing in Donaldson-street, Kirkintilloch. A fall of coal was responsible for the fatality. Owing to the heavy rains on Saturday, several of the Fife miners were unable to work. The Auchtertool and Lochore mineral railways were closed, as they were in parts flooded. The experience in shipping during the past week shows that cargoes are seriously declining. The combined ship- ments from Methil and Burntisland only amounted to 50,408 tons—a decrease of 7,624 tons over previous week, and against 67,819 tons for the same week last year. Imports of Pit Props.—In June 239,825 loads of pit props were imported into the United Kingdom, the value being £892,689. The imports in June last year were 180,466 loads, value £291,423; and in June of the preceding year 329,128 loads, value £413,985. The total imports during the six months were 1,107,614 loads, valued at £3,506,097, as com- pared with 1,084,542 loads, valued at £1,780,804, in the corresponding period last year. Test for Coal.—A simple form of test for coal is based on the quantity of pure lead that will be released from its oxide by a given weight of carbon. When finely-powdered coal, mixed wTith litharge, which contains 34-5 units of lead to one of oxygen, is heated to the combining temperature, the oxygen of the compound unites with the carbon and leaves metallic lead, the quantity which gives the means of determining how much carbon there was in the coal used. A sample of the coal is heated with 40 times its weight of pure litharge. The weight of lead produced will vary from 20 to 30 times the weight of the coal; if 25 times that weight, the percentage of carbon in the coal will be about 25 4- 34«5. This is not absolutely correct, but it is near enough for all practical purposes.