§ LORD H. CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the President of the Board of Trade how many hours' working were lost in the collieries of Great Britain during the past four weeks?
§ Sir A. GEDDESParticulars of time lost during the last four weeks are not yet available. The time lost during the four weeks ended 11th October, the latest period for which the information has been compiled, was, on the average, three days per man. These four weeks included the period of the railway strike. For the forty weeks from 1st January to 11th October, the corresponding figure is twenty-two days, or approximately half a day per week per man.