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THE Royal Commission appointed on December 28, 1901, to inquire into the extent and available resources of the coalfields of the United Kingdom has issued its final report, which, in 38 pages, contains an able summary of the vast amount of valuable information submitted by the numerous witnesses examined. The Commission originally appointed consisted of Lord Allerton, Sir W. T. Lewis, Sir Lindsay Wood, Sir C. Le Neve Foster, and Messrs. T. Bell, W. Brace, A. C. Briggs, H. B. Dixon, J. S. Dixon, E. Hull, C. Lapworth, J. P. Maclay, A. Sopwith, J. J. H. Teall, and R. Young. Mr. A. Strahan was subsequently added to the Commission; Sir C. Le Neve Foster and Mr. Ralph Young died before the inquiry was completed.
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The Royal Commission on Coal Supplies . Nature 71, 324 (1905). https://doi.org/10.1038/071324a0
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