and engineering journal . TY DEMANDED. Mr. Alexander Aiken, presiding at the annual meetingof the Coronation Collieries, held during the week, was noiin a verj optimistic mood. He declared that the immediateprospects of the South African coal trade are noi too ntput capacity for which South African collieries areequipped cannot be disposed of to-day, and expansion is thusof no advantage to either the industry or the country unlessthe market for South African n ,il can be extended. Forsuch extension the shipping trade lias bo be looked to, and itfellows that the special req
and engineering journal . TY DEMANDED. Mr. Alexander Aiken, presiding at the annual meetingof the Coronation Collieries, held during the week, was noiin a verj optimistic mood. He declared that the immediateprospects of the South African coal trade are noi too ntput capacity for which South African collieries areequipped cannot be disposed of to-day, and expansion is thusof no advantage to either the industry or the country unlessthe market for South African n ,il can be extended. Forsuch extension the shipping trade lias bo be looked to, and itfellows that the special requirements of this trade must becatered for if South African coal is to hold its own againstoutside competition. It has for several years been believedthat South Africa could safely rely on holding the traderound the Indian Ocean as far east as Singapore, hut recentlyWelsh coal has heen on offer at prices considerably less thanwe in South Africa could compete against. The reasonlargely lay in the freights to be paid from Delagoa Bay. A Scene at the Coronation Collieries. compared with Cardiff, and in railway charges to the formerport. With regard bo the latter item, the Railway Adminis-tration has met the coal producers in a substantial manner;but shipping freights are more difficult to manage. On theother hand, South African coal is much cheaper at pit-headthan Welsh coal, and a big cut in prices has heen made inorder to hold the business. Efforts in holding the tradeshould not cease there; attention should also be paid bo thequality of the coal exported. Although Transvaal coal aver-ages higher in ash value than Welsh coal, attempts shouldbe made to keep this value as low as possible in order tofurther stabilise the Indian Ocean coal trade. Recentlj thepercentage of ash in coal taken on board an Indian Oceansteamer from Delagoa Bay was far in excess of the averageash content of Transvaal coal. The shipping trade requiresthe best quality of coal obtainable, and in order that we
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