§ 28. Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Secretary for Mines the number of separate low-temperature carbonisation plants operating in this country, with the quantity of raw coal which is used per week?
§ the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the reply:
§ According to the Annual Returns supplied by colliery owners, the average value per ton at the pit-head of all coal raised, including mine consumption and miners' coal, was as follows:
| District. | Year 1913. | Year 1927. | ||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| South Wales (including Monmouth). | 11 | 10½ | 15 | 9 |
| Yorkshire | 9 | 5 | 14 | 7½ |
| Durham | 10 | 5¾ | 13 | 6¾ |
| Scotland | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3½ |
§ 31. Mr. G. HALLasked the Secretary for Mines the average pit-head price of coal produced in France, Holland and Spain, respectively, on 1st March last and on the corresponding date for each of the previous four years?
§ Commodore KINGAs the answer involves a statistical table, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT such information as is available.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The average pit-head price of coal produced in France, Holland and Spain is not available for a particular date. Information is only published in respect of years, and the information for the last four years, so far as it is available, is as follows. Similar information for the year 1927 has not yet been published.
§ Commodore KINGIn reply to the first part of the question, I must refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 13th March. As regards the second part, I informed the hon. Member on 20th March that the information is not available.
§ 29. Mr. GRENFELLasked the Secretary for Mines the value of the several products of the low temperature carbonisation of coal, with the cost of the raw coal so treated and the other costs involved in the process?
§ Commodore KINGI regret that I am not in a position to give the hon. Member the information he requires.