§ Mr. GRUNDYasked the Secretary for Mines the latest available figures of fatal and non-fatal accidents to persons employed at the mines and the corresponding figures for 1925, and the percentage in both periods to the number employed?
§ Mr. PALINGasked the Secretary for Mines the number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, in mines from January, 1927, to the last convenient date?
§ Colonel LANE FOXDuring the first 10 months of 1927, there were 943 deaths from accidents at mines under the Coal Mines Act and 3,889 persons were seriously injured. The death rate per 1,000 persons employed was .91 and the serious injury rate 3.76. The corresponding figures for the first 10 months of 1925 were 923, 3,607 and .82 and 3.22 respectively. I regret that comparable figures as regards the less serious non-fatal accidents are not yet available.