English Translation

- 17 - Commercial economy. In the organisational field, the management of the economic groups of the Central Association of Commerce has been finally occupied. In the industrial branches of the industrial economy, there was little variation in production, from individual exceptions, and coal production was on schedule and taking advantage of the maximum capacity of the works. Nevertheless, the demand for coal could not be nearly met, fixed quotas for domestic consumption appeared to be far too low, and almost all Upper Land Councillors reported that the worst fears for the winter were voiced by the population, as there was no thought of a system of domestic stocks. In the energy sector, the supply of water, gas and electricity was quite sufficient. The fuel situation was generally satisfactory.The negotiations with Romania due to the inclusion of the protectorate in the oil agreement concluded with the Reich have been concluded in a form favourable to the Protectorate, thus ensuring the supply of the protectionate with mineral oils, Including the consumption of the Wehrmacht has fallen by about 72%, the supply of raw materials to the metal industry has deteriorated since Holland and Belgium have fallen away as Iiefe- ranten, It has therefore become necessary to reduce the free limits within which kix can be obtained without a certificate of demand, the need for iron and steel also had to be extended to the craft. T ta rubber industry a certain revival due to larger imports from Italy, the employment of this industrial