§ Mr. ELLIS DAVIESasked the Home Secretary what was the number of men employed in the slate quarries and slate mines of North Wales during each of the last twenty years?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe figures for 1910 are not yet available. The figures for the twenty years, 1890 to 1909, inclusive, in respect of the slate mines of North Wales are as follows:—
1890 4,425 … 1891 3,938 1892 4,043 … 1893 4,405 1894 4,585 … 1895 4,862 1896 5,369 … 1897 5,505 1898 5,890 … 1899 5,598 1900 5,041 … 1901 4,695 1902 4,920 … 1903 5,213 1904 5,168 … 1905 4,647 1906 4,001 … 1907 3,539 1908 3,301 … 1909 3,116 The statistics for quarries only begin in 1895, but the figures for the fifteen years, 1895 to 1909, in respect of the slate quarries of North Wales are as follows:—
1513W
1895 9,953 … 1896 10,116 1897 8,989 … 1898 10,876 1899 10,390 … 1900 9,477 1901 8,133 … 1902 8,639 1903 9,138 … 1904 9,326 1905 8,947 … 1906 8,734 1907 8,311 … 1908 8,056 1909 7,813 … — My hon. Friend will find this and other information given in the Appendices to the First Day's Evidence before the Royal Commission on Metalliferous Mines and Quarries, which has been placed on sale.