§ 5. Mr. TINKERasked the Secretary for Mines the average cost per ton of coal raised for timbering the coal mines of Great Britain; and the total cost for the years 1928 and 1929?
§ Mr. SHINWELLIn 1928 the estimated total cost of timber and pit wood consumed at coal mines in Great Britain was approximately £8¼ millions, an average cost of 8¼d. per ton of saleable coal raised. The corresponding figures in 1929 were £8⅔ millions and 8d.