Excerpt from Supplement to Commerce Reports: Daily Consular and Trade Reports Issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce; October 10, 1918 Most of the capital which was invested in coal mining in this dis triet has been transferred to the richer measures in Wales. The coal trade is now under very strict Government control and this affects every part of the community, from the producer to the consumer. The home market has been very firm, but the export trade has been greatly reduced: The output will be considerably cut down during the forthcoming winter owing to the calling of young miners for military service, and the public will be called upon to considerably reduce their consumption. With a view to conserving coal, the con sumption of gas and electricity is also being reduced. The use to' which coal can now be put is graded. In the first grade the public services are placed; in the second, public utility works; in the third, users for ordinary commercial purposes; and in the last grade, the householder. During the past year the three local coal - mining districts of the Forest of Dean, Bristol, and Somerset, have been greatly pressed for supplies. The whole output of these districts has been disposed of within close proximity of the source, and this has meant the dis continuance oi many former connections and the opening up of fresh ones nearer the source. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.