ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT.
J. Jones.—Different views are held. At one time the idea that it was the product of the natural distillation of coal or carbonaceous mattors met with support; but the weight of opinion now appears to favour tho contention that it is produced by tho decomposition of marino organisms, in souio cases animal and some vegetable.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1558, 30 September 1912, Page 4
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58ANSWER TO CORRESPONDENT. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1558, 30 September 1912, Page 4
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