§ 58. Mr. LUNNasked the Secretary for Mines how much money has geen granted from the Miners' Welfare Fund for mining education in each year since the passing of the Mining Industry (Welfare Fund) Act, 1920?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Colonel Lane Fox)The first allocation from the Miners' Welfare Fund for education was made in 1922. The total amount allocated to date for that purpose is £540,805; this includes a recent allocation of £150,000 for endowing a national scholarship scheme, and also allocations amounting to £254,022, which are at present provisional
| ALLOCATIONS from the MINERS' WELFARE FUND for MINING EDUCATION. | ||||||||||
| Year. | From the District Funds. | From the General Fund. | Total. | |||||||
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
| 1922 | … | 6,204 | 0 | 0 | 7,207 | 0 | 0 | 13,411 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | … | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | 3,233 | 0 | 0 | 7,233 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | … | 4,850 | 0 | 0 | 28,158 | 15 | 6 | 33,008 | 15 | 6 |
| 1925 | … | 11,308 | 18 | 0 | 20,428 | 0 | 0 | 31,736 | 18 | 0 |
| 1926 (to date) | … | 3,561 | 16 | 0 | 197,830 | 18 | 3 | 201,392 | 14 | 3 |
| Total to date | … | 29,924 | 14 | 0 | 256,857 | 13 | 9 | 286,782 | 7 | 9 |