§ CAPTAIN BOWYERasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, with reference to the weekly report of the output of coal, he will state the basis upon which the published figures are calculated, that is to say, whether they represent the quantity of coal hewn, or the quantity of coal actually raised, or the quantity loaded into trucks and dispatched from the pits?
§ Sir A. GEDDESThe published weekly figures of output of coal represent the quantity actually raised.