§ Mr. PENNEFATHERasked the President of the Board of Trade the average weekly wages paid prior to the strike to men, women, and boys engaged in the coal-mining industry on the basis of a five-day week and a seven-hour day and taking into account, as far as possible, the value of coal supplied free or below market value?
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§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThe average weekly wage paid prior to the strike to men, women, and boys engaged in the coalmining industry on the basis of a five-day week and a seven-hour day was 82s. 7d. In the absence of information as to the market value of coal of the kind supplied to miners, an exact allowance for miners' coal cannot be made, but it may be estimated to amount to about 2s. 6d. per week per person.