§ Mr. CLOUGHasked the President of the Board of Trade if he will inform the House what is the exact amount of the profits of the coal trade from which the aggregate sum formed by the increased wage demands of the men can be drawn; and whether he anticipates that it will be necessary further to raise the cost of coal to the consumer?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANI do not think, in view of the negotiations proceeding at the moment, that I can enter into this question at the present time.