32. Miss WARDasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can now give information as to the average pit-head prices received in the first quarter of this year compared with the last quarter of 1935?
§ The SECRETARY for MINES (Captain Crookshank)Complete particulars for the first quarter of this year will not be available for some time, but such figures as have been received indicate that in January and February, 1936, the average pit-head proceeds were about 14s. 10d. per ton disposable commercially as compared with 13s. 11½d. in the December quarter of 1935.
Miss WARDCan the hon. and gallant Gentleman give an assurance that detailed figures will be available before we discuss the details of the central selling scheme?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKI cannot possibly give an assurance on that matter, 1516 because I do not know when the discussion is going to take place, and it takes a long time to collect these figures.