§ 31. Sir F. WISEasked the Secretary for Mines the amount of subvention paid to the coalowners for each county in Great Britain?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)I regret that figures for separate counties are not available, and would be laborious to obtain. I will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT an estimate of the total subvention in each of the colliery districts.
§ following are the figures:
£ | |
Scotland | 3,650,000 |
Northumberland | 1,656,000 |
Durham | 4,163,000 |
South Wales and Monmouth- shire | 6,466,000 |
Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Cannock Chase and War-wickshire | 3,811,000 |
Lancashire, North Stafford- shire and Cheshire | 2,314,000 |
North Wales | 418,000 |
South Staffordshire and Salop | 227,000 |
Cumberland | 389,000 |
Bristol | 35,000 |
Forest of Dean | 143,000 |
Somerset | 33,000 |
Kent | 45,000 |
£23,350,000 |