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        Possibility of obtaining town’s gas of specified properties, for example, calorific value of 4,200-4,600 kcal. m.³, d. 0.4-0.5, and Ott number 60-100, by mixing residual gas from the Fischer-Tropsch hydrocarbon synthesis process with water gas in suitable proportions, converting CO into H₂ and CO₂, and removing CO₂, is discussed theoretically.  The effects on the composition of the town gas obtained of changing the CO:H₂ ratio of the synthesis gas, the type of synthesis catalyst employed, and the presence of CO₂, N₂, and CH₄ in the synthesis gas are illustrated by examples.