§ Colonel DAYasked the Secretary for Mines if he has any figures which show the number of pit ponies that are used in the mines of Great Britain, as at the last convenient date, giving comparable figures for the three previous years?
§ Colonel LANE FOXThe figures are as follow:
Date. Number of pit ponies. December, 1926 56,745 December, 1925 60,852 December, 1924 65,210 December, 1923 65,979