§ Mr. SULLIVANasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines which were producing coal in the county of Lanark on the 31st October, 1927, and for the corresponding date of the year 1924?
§ Colonel LANE FOXOne hundred and fifty-six pits were producing coal in the county of Lanark at the end of October, 1927, as compared with 185 pits at the end of October, 1924.
§ Mr. SULLIVANasked the Secretary for Mines the total wages paid per week to the workers in the coal mines in the county of Lanark on the 31st October, 1927, and the corresponding date of the year 1924?
§ Colonel LANE FOXI regret that the information is not available. Scotland is treated as a whole for the purpose of wages ascertainments.