§ Mr. GILLasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of prosecutions for the offence against the Factory Acts, known as "time-cribbing," in the Lancashire cotton mills in 1911, stating also separately the number of convictions and the amount of fines and costs imposed; and the same particulars for Oldham, Rochdale, Bolton, and Blackburn, respectively?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe figures are as follows:—
Area. Firms prosecuted. Cases(=information). Convictions. Penalties. Costs. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) £ s. d. £ s. d. Lancashire 39 772 769* 783 1 0 124 1 9 Oldham 10 206 206 179 0 0 94 11 0 Rochdale 2 55 55 29 8 0 29 6 6 Bolton 4 56 56 4 9 0 26 0 6 Blackburn — — — — — * The other three cases were dismissed on payment of costs by defendants.