Th. Tons Supplies 1942 Stocks at 1st January 1942 1,125 Imports Nil Home production 1,500 2,625 Requirements 1942 1,925 Stocks at 31st December 1942 700 7. The Mines Department propose to introduce into the mines the maximum further quantity of steel in place of timber and the requirements of timber reduced on this basis. It is not proposed (apart from some small quantite### may be brought from Russia. to fill ships returning) to import any mining ti### 1942, which will mean that little can arrive in this country before the summ### 1943.