i'Ri£siDi-:xriAi. Ai)i)Ki;ss - si':( Ti()i\ a. 



49 



It is evident that the IVansvaal Coal ( )\viiers' .Xssocialion 

 did not view with any satisfaction the conservation ol the finest 

 asset which any country in the world can possess. It called 

 for the remedial attention of the (iovertnnent " to the ^ecurinij; 

 of the greatest ])ossil)le consimiption of coal." and even sug- 

 gested to the Power Commission as a remedy for the decrease 

 in the coal trade, which they feared would result, that ctxd 

 shotdd be so cheapened by the reduction of railway rates that 

 mining companies might be induced to retain their inefficient 

 steam ]jlants. instead of purchasing ])ower. and maintain the 

 existing consumption of fuel. The Commission. h()we\er. con- 

 sidered that " it would be unwdse and unreasonal)le in the best 

 interests of the country that the gold-mining industry should be 



iBm. 



FACTORIES 53 





IRON & I 

 STEEL }; 

 INDUSTRIES ( 



1911 



FACTOfitS 60-7 B 



GAS WOftKJ 15 



IRON 4 1 

 STEEL 321 



industries) 



IZst-maa 



CAS WORKS 15 4 



DO»«STiC M3 ic 



TOTAL 167 M ILLION TONS TOIAi. IBS MLLON TONS 



Fig. J5. — Approximate sub-<livisions showing the uses to which the coal 

 consunud in tlic United Kingdom was applied in igoj and i<)ii. 



artificially deterred from reai)ing the economic benefits from 

 improved scientific methods." 



The report further states that " the Coal Owners' Asso- 

 ciation offered strenuous opposition to the proposal to establish 

 a hydraulic power station on the Crocodile River." but the 

 Commission wisely declared that no question of coal output 

 should " intltience the decision whether stich available water 

 power should be utilised to the best advantage." 



Perhaps it is not full\ realised outside the Rand how enor- 

 mous are the undertakings of the \'ictoria halls and Transvaal 

 Power Co. and the Rand Mines Power Sui)ply Co. The 

 following table (X), gives a list of the power generators at the 

 various stations, together with the A-oltage and the lengths of 

 the transmission lines . — 



