Sulphur industry in Sicily
l'lic production of siilp1iu.r in Sicils in 1026 was 209,'idO metric tons, nn incrcnsc of 742 tons over 1925. Exports, howcvcr, dccliucd to 214,770 tons,comparcd with 255,204 tons in 1925. Tltc Sulphur Consortium litis eliminated competition by crcating a subsidiary coinpny to hnndlc tlic sales of ground nnd refined sulphur, thus enabling prntliiccrs to incrcasc thcir sliarc of tlic profits.
Spmnisb Oil Monopoly
I t is niinouncccl thnt tlic British, k'rcnclt, ;iiitl Unitwl Stiitcs Govcrnnicnts h a w scpnrntcly nindc rcprcscnt.at h i s t o thc Spanish Govertinicnt with rcfcrciicc t o tlic proposed pctrolcum inonopoly us bcing likely to act i n a niatincr prejudicial to the intclrcsts of t h i r nat ionnls in various undcrtalrings.
Tbe Bmndling of Compiessed Chlorine
Writing in tlic " Clicinikcr Zeitung " (January ll), It. Frcund strcsscs tlic spccitil prccililtions nccdcd in working with liquid clilorinc. It is iisiinlly dclivcrctl cithcr in cyliudcrs containing 40 kg., or in tnnlc wagons of nboiit 13,000 kg. cnp:icjty, thc prcssurc bcing 6-10 iitninsp h c r ~~. Tltcsc arc cmpticd into lnrgc wrought iron storngc vcsscls of nboiit 20,000 1. contcnt, which slioiild IN tcstcd to 22 atinosphcrcs. 'I'lic tanks arc fittcd witli four vnlvcs, two of wliich liavc coiincsions pnssing to t,lic bottom of tlic tnnk, and nrc protcctcil from tlircct sunlight. Both cylindcrs niid tanks slioiild bc wcighctl nftcr crnptying t o rcrify tlint thc trttiisfcr is complctc. For iisc, liquid chlorine is gcncrnlly ilriiirii froni t.ltc storngc vcsscl nnd gnsiEcd by passing it though ti coppcr spiral in a wutcr bntlt n t 25-30'.
Sm:tll cyliittlcrs, fittcd with scrcmcd conncsions, may be plticcil rlircctly in such n bath. %end, coppcr, and to n sinnllcr csteiit iron nrc inost uscd for coiincctiiig iubcs. It is cssciitinl