§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Secretary for Mines the number of coal mines which were abandoned in the decennial periods 1903–13 and 1913–23, respectively?
§ Colonel LANE-FOXThe approximate number of coal mines at which one or more seams were abandoned was 1,325 during the 10 years 1904 to 1913, and 1,415 during the 10 years 1914 to 1923. Both these figures include a considerable number of small workings.