HC Deb 07 May 1890 vol 344 c413

Address for— Return showing the average number of hours and days, daily and weekly, worked by Men and Boys from bank to bank, and otherwise, in and about Mines in the United Kingdom, under the Coal Mines and Metalliferous Mines Acts, stated by Counties, or groups of Counties, or Inspectorates, as follows:—

  1. 1. Men and Boys engaged in getting Mineral;
  2. 2. Men and Boys engaged in carrying Mineral from the face to the pit bottom;
  3. 3. All other underground workers not included in the above;
  4. 4. Persons employed on the surface;
  5. 5. Usual number of hours per day during which Minerals are drawn to the surface."— [Mr. Provand.)