§ 26. Mr. MAFIDY JONESasked the Secretary for Mines what was the total number of miners employed above and below ground in each of the coalfields of Great Britain for the week ending 27th February, 1926, and for the week ending 26th February, 1927, respectively; and what was the total number of miners unemployed in each British coalfield during each of the said two periods?
§ Colonel LANE FOXI will circulate the figures in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the figures:
§ of age) who are not insured against unemployment. The two sets of figures are therefore not mutually exclusive, and due caution should be exercised in making comparisons between the sums of the two sets of figures for different dates, as the amount of overlapping may vary considerably from time to time.