§ 7. Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Secretary for Mines the number of boys 1741 under 16 years and under 21 years, respectively, employed in the mining industry in 1923 and 1933, respectively, with the percentages of the total number of men employed represented by these figures?
| Number of Boys employed in the Coal Mining Industry. | |||||||
| Under 16 years of age. | Over 16 and under 21 years of age. | ||||||
| Period. | Number. | Proportion of Total Number employed. | Number. | Proportion of Total Number employed. | |||
| Per cent. | Per cent. | ||||||
| 1923 | … | … | … | 66,249 | 5.5 | Not available. | |
| December, 1925 | … | … | … | 50,777 | 4.7 | 129,716 | 11.9 |
| December, 1932 | … | … | … | 25,914 | 3.3 | 94,801 | 11.9 |
| December, 1933 | … | … | … | Not yet available. |