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Abstract

THE Ministry of Munitions has published as a confidential document a highly interesting report of the Commission appointed to visit the iron and steel works of the occupied areas of Germany, also of Lorraine, Luxemburg, and certain portions of Belgium and France. The object of the Commission was to ascertain what developments in iron and steel manu facture have taken place during the war, the present condition of the plants, the future prospects of these areas, and to what extent fuel economy has been advanced therein. As regards the last-named item, Messrs. Cosmo Johns and Lawrence Ennis communicated to the recent autumn meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute a report on the present status of fuel economy in the German iron and steel industry of the occupied territory. This report is now public property, and contains very much interesting material; it may be taken as an indication of the importance of the valuable information which the Commission itself has collected. It is to be hoped that the Ministry of Munitions will see its way to publish the entire report as an ordinary Government publica tion purchasable in the usual way, so that it may be known by all engaged in the iron and steel industries in this country, as there, is no reason why our industries should not be allowed the benefit of the careful studies of this Commission. Such an important document should be made available as widely as possible to all those interested in the subject-matter.