§ Mr. DENVILLEasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the number of workpeople engaged in the mining industry, excluding clerks and salaried officials, with the number of boys under 16, of youths between 16 and 21, and of adult workers over 21 years of age, at the latest available date?
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§ Captain CROOKSHANKParticulars of persons employed in the coalmining industry, classified by age, are only collected annually by my Department. At 5th December, 1934, 769,418 wage-earners were employed, of whom 28,826 were under 16 years of age. Particulars in respect of young persons between 16 and 21 years of age are not available, but the number between 16 and 20 years of age was 82,078 and the number 20 years of age and over was 658,514.