Captain BROWNasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the wages of the following grades in 74W the coal-mining industry are under £5 per week, namely, fore and back overmen, master shifters, surface engine wrights, heap keepers, weigh clerks, etc.; that these men have positions of great responsbility, and in many cases receive less wages than men and boys who are under their charge; and if he will direct the Coal Controller's attention to their position with a view to obtaining for them remuneration adequate to their responsible work and fair in comparison with the wages of those who work under them?
§ Sir A. GEDDESMy information does not tally with the suggestions given in the first part of the question. 'The remainder of the question would appear therefore not to arise.