WELSH STEAM COAL.

HC Deb 20 March 1930 vol 236 c2110W

Mr. F. OWEN

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the amount in tons of steam coal and the value of it purchased by the Admiralty in 1913 and 1929?

Mr. G. HALL

1,690,000 tons of Welsh steam vessel coal were purchased in 1913, at the cost of £1,915,000. In 1929 the quantity was 150,000 tons and the cost £197,000.