Read the passage below carefully:
Coal was first discovered in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1909 by a team of British geologists led by Albert Ernest Kitson. Commercial mining operations commenced seven years later in 1916 under the administration of the Marine Department. To facilitate the transportation of extracted coal from the inland mines to coastal ports for export, the colonial government constructed the Eastern Railway line connecting Enugu directly to Port Harcourt. By 1950, coal production reached its peak, serving as the primary source of energy for the nation's railway locomotives and electricity generation stations before the discovery of crude oil in Oloibiri in 1956.
According to the passage, under whose administration did commercial coal mining operations begin in 1916?
- The Marine DepartmentCevap
- BA team of British geologists
- CThe Eastern Railway administration
- DThe Oloibiri Petroleum Directorate