Abstract
The production of Hokkaido coal was 11, 460, 000 t in, 1950. fiscal war which corresponded to 30% of the total production in Japan. Coking .coal was 21% and gas-producer coal was 7% of the total. About a half of Hokkaidd coal-73%, coking coal, 64%, gas-producer coal and 26%, burning coal-was consumed outside of Hokkaido. With respect to the consumption districts, ratios of Hokkaido coal to the total sum of coals used in each distriet were as follows;37% in Kanto, 24% in Tokai, 10% in Kinki, 88% in Niigata, 24% in Tokai, and 55%. in Hokuriku. However as regard to coking coal Hokkaido coal took higher proportion; 70-80% of the coal for metallurgical industries, gas industries and related industries in Kanto-Tohoku district depended upon Hokkaido coal.
