Fuel Economy.

Another noteworthy feature is that since the commencement of the current financial year a saving of £11,000 has been effected in the railway fuel bill for the Dominion, mainly as a result of using a larger proportion of native soft coal on locomotives. This is an important feature in the measures adopted to help in reducing operating costs, and I would ask the Locomotive Running staff to give the cost factor due consideration when working with this class of fuel. When it is realised how important is the economy thus effected, the staff concerned will, I feel sure, have an increasingly friendly feeling towards the soft coals of New Zealand.