§ 70. Mr. MARDY JONESasked the Secretary for Mines what is his estimate of the average cost per ton upon the saleable coal of the local rates chargeable upon collieries in each of the following coalfields: South Wales, Durham, Northumberland, Lancashire, and the Midlands; and, failing an estimate per coalfield, what is his estimate for the collieries in each of the following administrative counties: Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, Carmarthenshire, Durham, Northumberland, Lancashire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire?
§ Commodore KINGThe average cost of local rates per ton of saleable coal raised in the coalfields named is as follows: South Wales and Monmouth, 7.17d., Durham 4.57d., Northumberland 4.18d., Lancashire and Cheshire 3.64d., and Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire 3.17d. The figures relate to the six months ended 30th September, 1928, except in the case of South Wales and Monmouth, where the period is the six months ended 31st October, 1928.