THIS DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. SECRET. L.P.(41)63. COPY NO. (1st May, 1941). WAR CABINET LORD PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE. ECONOMY IN THE CONSUMPTION OF GAS OIL. Memorandum by the President of the Board of Trade. 1. I have discussed this with the Mines I am satisfied that this is not a case in which any fixed reduction. and Petroleum Departments and we ought to budget for 2. The Gas Companies have a powerful incentive to economy in the fact that at to-day's price the cost of carburetted water gas is anything from 1s.