OIL IMPORTS
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sui,—The importation into this country of petroleum and its products during the year 1928 amounted to the formidable total of 1,976,000,000 gallons, 89 per cent, of which came from foreign sources. Outside the contribution of fuel oil from Sarawak the Empire's share of this stupendous total is quite negligible. Yet, by the extended use of pulverized coal, the extraction of oils and motor spirit from bituminous coals and cannels, the further development of gas producers for use with lorries and agricultural tractors and for stationary engines ; lastly, by the rational and intensive exploitation of our vast and totally neglected deposits of peat, a very large proportion of this total could be produced within the country and an immense stimulus given thereby to industry and employment —I am, Sir, &c.,
116 Pall Mall, S.W. ROBERT HARGRAVE STANDEN
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