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664 K. V. RANGASWAMI AIYAN*GAR December 1910 at the Industrial Conference at Allaha- bad, Mr. Mahadev Rajaram Bodas of this city read a on "Wood Distillation" in which he argued paper that it of manufacture, to from 2441bs (the ton of wood. by-prodncts of was possible, by adopting improved increase the out-turn of present quantity) to processes charcoal 658 lbs per outlay. Urban life will lead to of charcoal (in patent stoves and mic" and "Anna-puma "), and it would idea--in view of the prejudice against larger consumption cookers like "Ic- be a useful the use of animal charcoal in sugar refining--to substitute wge- table charcoal hie. 'It has,. however, charcoal is now which will not that accordingly, Bodas urges, it is possi- to be remembered that the produced from twigs and branches of the forests, and for it, as Mr. pay to cart out the wood distillation' will as remunerative as Mr. Bodas assumes, unless plant is located in the heart of the forests, charcoal burning now takes place. ? for consideration is furnished by a lessor Humblot Sexton (" Metallurg,j," charcoal prepared in retorts is in quality to that prepared in The problem of the supplies, now substantially usually heaps. adequacy of our A possible remark of resolves itself not prove the where point Pro- p. 29) that much inferior future fuel into only one question, now and hereafter, the demand for firewood as and as cheaply i Mr. Bodas reckons 560 I1? of etude acetic for produoing charcoal. meeting the demand therefor from rttXaher estates. 9 The location o! rubbe? estates in the vioi**ity of the forests by orcating a good demand for crude aeet?o acid should make the location of suoh ohamoal produojng plants within the reserves. namely, whether we shall be able to meet, easily as we h?,ve hitherto been on the simultaneous aoid The doing. produotion of 210 lbs of tar and duri.ng t.h? dry distillation .of a to?t of wood, acetic acxd should prove particularly valuable ?n Mr. Bodas contended that the valuable the distillation would be pure profit,. x as the extra charcoal-produced would alone be suffi- cient to balance the working charges and interest on