§ Mr. POTTSasked the Secretary for Mines if he can state, or obtain, the number of persons holding first-class mining certificates who are at present employed underground as coal-face work- 84W men, the wages remuneration of which depends upon tonnage production and other conditions at fixed price-list contract rates; and whether such persons, or what proportion of such persons, had two years' practical coal-getting experience and paid at price-list contract rates prior to grant of certificates by the boards of examiners?
§ Mr. SHINWELLI regret that the information is not available.