§ Mr. CLARRYasked the Secretary for Mines the average pit-head cost of coal, the average charges paid by domestic and industrial consumers, and the average export price for the year 1924, together with the comparable figures for 1913?
§ Colonel LANE-FOXThe average prices at the pit-head of all coal disposed of commercially were 19s. 9d. per ton in 1924, and about lls. per ton in 1913. The average f.o.b. price of coal exported was 23s. 5d. per ton in 1924, and 13s. 10d. in 1913. I regret that the rest of the information asked for by my hon. Friend is not available.