§ MR. JOHN ELLIS (Nottingham, Rushcliffe)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Homo Department what is the total number of collieries which yet remain exempted from the obligation to provide weighing machines, imposed by "The Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887;" and at how many collieries has this exemption been withdrawn by him since 1st April, 1889?
§ MR. MATTHEWSThe number of mines where exemptions as to weighing machines granted under the Act of 1872 are still acted upon is, in all, 83. Of these, over 39 persons are employed in 23, and under 30 persons in 60. No exemptions as to weighing have been withdrawn by me since April 1, 1889, and no application has been made to me for that purpose.