HC Deb 20 March 1934 vol 287 cc1016-7
4. Mr. DAGGAR

asked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal-cutting machines and conveyors in use in the mines of Great Britain and South Wales, respectively, for the years 1931, 1932, and 1933, also the quantity and percentage of the total output cut by machines for the same years?

Mr. E. BROWN

As the reply involves a statistical table, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

— Great Britain. South Wales and Monmouthshire.
1931. 1932. 1933.* 1931. 1932. 1933.*
Number of Coal-cutters in use 7,371 7,137 7,149 484 437 454
Number of Conveyors in use 3,953 4,120 4,756 932 875 937
Coal cut by machinery:
(i) Quantity (thousand tons) 76,864 80,286 87,830 4,356 4,093 4,406
(ii) Percentage Proportion of total output. 35 38 42 12 12 13
* Provisional figures.