537.    ---------------.  [CHEMICAL TRADE JOURNAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEER.]  Coal Oils in South Africa.  Vol. 123, 1948, p. 503.

                  Union Government has published a copy of the draft license it proposes to grant to Anglo-Vaal Consolidated Investment Co. for producing liquid fuels from coal.  The following stipulations are given:  Production shall be started within a period of 4 years.  Production is to be 76,000-100,000 gal. per yr.  The process to be used is the generation of gases from C material and the catalytic conversion of the gases to petrol and petroleum-like hydrocarbons.  The coal used shall be from the deposits in Vredefort in the Orange Free State.  All of the coal in each seam is to be used, and no coal containing less than 30% ash is to be rejected, unless it can be proved that the properties of such coal, other than its ash content, render it unsuitable for this purpose.  The Government will not grant a similar license to any other concern for a period of 4 yr.