Captain TERRELLasked the President of the Board of Trade whether since the start of the miners' stoppage of work concrete instances of damage to British trade in general have reached his Department, apart from the serious loss caused by the suspension in the output of coal?
§ Sir P. LLOYD-GREAMEStoppages on this account are not necessarily reported to the Board of Trade, but I may say that the effect already in the production of iron and steel is known to be considerable.