§ Mr. HOGGEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he can state for the quarter ending 31st December, 1918, the total quantity of coal produced, the average receipts per ton of disposable coal, the average cost per ton (including royalties), the average profit per ton, the quantity of coal sold inland, its average price per ton, the profit thereon per ton, the quantity of coal sold for export, its average price per ton, and the profit thereon per ton?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANMost of the information required has already been supplied to the House, but in a somewhat different form, in the Appendices to the White Paper recently issued for the purposes of the Debate on the proposed increase in the price of coal. A summary of the returns rendered by Colliery Undertakings for the quarter ended 31st December, 1918, will be completed in the course of next week, and I shall then be in a position to send the hon. Member the figures he desires.