§ Mr. D. GRENFELLasked the Secretary for Mines the latest figures ascertained in the South Wales coalfield, showing the wage costs per ton as compared with those shown for the same quarter in 1920 and 1925, respectively?
§ Commodore KINGThe wages cost per ton of coal commercially disposable in South Wales and Monmouth was 10s. 4¼d. for May, June and July, 1928, the latest period for which figures are available, 31s. 1d. for the June quarter, 1920, and 14s. 5¾d. for the June quarter, 1925.