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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

January 10, 1913.

PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The Gas World Year Book, 1913. Edited by John
Douglas. London: Offices of The Gas World. Price7s. 6d

[The “ Year Book ” contains, besides technical informa-
tion compiled for the use of those administering gas under-
takings, a directory of the gas undertakings in the British
Empire, giving names of officials, annual make of gas,
price of gas, &c. There are 1,248 gas undertakings in
England and Wales, 262 in Scotland, 110 in Ireland, 161
in Australasia, 53 in Canada, and 15 in other British
possessions; in addition to which there are 22 British
companies owning gasworks on the Continent, and in
other parts of the world. The annual make of gas in the
United Kingdom is given as 210,499,343,000 cubic feet (as
compared with 205,087,162,000 in the previous year), and
this was distributed amongst 7,143,748 consumers. The
Greater London companies supply 1,437,602 consumers
with 52,275,237,000 cubic feet of gas. Gas cooking stoves
seem to grow steadily in public favour. The number now
in use is given as 3,228,642, as against 2,921,299 last year
—an increase of 105 per cent. The “Year Book” gives the
prices charged for gas to ordinary consumers and to
penny-in-the-slot consumers, and also the lower rates
charged in many cases for gas used for stoves and gas
engines. A list is also given, prepared by Mr. William
Newbigging, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., of practically all the
gasworks that have been purchased by municipal authori-
ties from 1844 to the present time, in which full particulars
are given as to the terms upon which the works were
acquired. There is also a synopsis of the law relating to
gas manufacture and supply.]

Memoirs of the Geological Survey : England and
Wales (Explanation of Sheet 299, “ The Geology of the
Country around Winchester and Stockbridge.”) By H. J.
Osborne White, F.G.S. Second edition. 1912. London :
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries. Price Is. 6d.

[The oil shale industry of Scotland is confined to a
comparatively small area centring in Broxburn and
Pumpherston, where the shales are found in the car-
boniferous rocks of the Lothians. It has a wonderful
history since the time when Young took out his first
patent for distilling oil from shale in 1850. The present
flourishing condition of the industry is the result of a
brave struggle against foreign competition, which
sharpened the wits of those engaged in the trade. Every
possible advantage has been taken of the natural resources
of the Scottish shalefields, and the methods of refining and
producing by-products such as sulphate of ammonia have
been carried to a high pitch of refinement. Six years ago
the Geological Survey (Scotland) brought out a memoir
describing the geology of the shalefields, the methods of
mining, the treatment of the shale by distillation, and the
nature of the products. A new edition of this memoir has
now been issued with a revised chapter on the geology of
the district by R. G. Carruthers, while the accounts of
the mining and manufacturing process by Messrs.
Caldwell and Steuart have also been brought up to date.
The volume has many illustrations in the text and a
special coloured map and plate of sections to show the
geological structure and the distribution of the oil shales.
A plate showing the most characteristic fossils has also
been added, together with a short note dealing with their
value to the mining engineer. Copies may be obtained
from any agents for the sale of Ordnance Survey
maps, or through any bookseller from Mr. T. Fisher
Unwin, 1, Adelphi-terrace, London, W.C., who is the
wholesale agent for the sale of Geological Survey memoirs
in the United Kingdom (except in the County of
London.)]

“ The Journal of the South African Institution of Engineers ”
(Vol. 11, No. 5). December, price 2s.; “ The Journal of the
Chemical, Metallurgical, and Mining Society of South

Afiica” (Vol. 13, No. 5), November, price 3s.; “ Bulletin
de F Association des Ingenieurs de FEcole de Mines de
Mons, 1910-12”; “The Geological Magazine” (Vol. 10,
No. 1), January, price 2s.; “ The I. C. S. Student ” (Vol. 5,
No. 1), January, price 2d.; “Peru To-day” (Vol 4
No. 9), December, price 5d.

GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

♦** Any of the following publication* may be obtained
on application to thia office at the price named post free.

Trade and Navigation Returns, December 1912, Is. 8d.

MINES FORMS: Form 42a, Prescribed Form of Report
Book for Firemen, Examiners or Deputies, 5s. 5d.

Dominions Royal Commission; First Report [Cd. 6515],.

Id.; Minutes of Evidence [Cd. 6516], 3s. Id.

MINES AND QUARRIES, 1911 : Part 3, Output
Statistics [Cd. 6550], Is. 9d.

Handbooks Issued under the Direction of the Crown
Colonies : Southern Nigeria, 8s. 5d.; Grenada, Is. 9d.

Workmen’s Compensation, Forms Nos. 2 to 7, lid. each.

Friendly Societies: Forms A. R. No. 1 and No. 5, 3|d.
each.

Industrial and Provident Societies: Forms A. R. Nos. 15,
16 and 18, 31d. each.

Consular Reports : Persia, Lingah, 1911-12, 31d.; Persia.
Bunder Abbas 1911-12, 4d.; Trade of Denmark, 51d.

It is proposed to form a Mining Students’ Association for
Hemsworth, South Kirkby, Kinsley, and Fitzwilliam. The
idea is to have mining classes and lectures during the
winter months, whilst during the summer months excursions
will be arranged for the purpose of viewing collieries and
other works throughout the county.

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