§ Mr. KELLYasked the Secretary for Mines if he will state the average rate of wages for a normal week paid to men engaged in the tin mines of Cornwall?
§ Mr. TURNERThe rate of wages varies from 5s. to 8s. per shift for the various grades of day-wage men, with, on the average, higher rates for contract men. The average number of shifts worked per man during the year 1928 was 312.
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§ Mr. KELLYasked the Secretary for Mines if he will state the average price for black tin in 1927 and 1928 and the average price for metallic tin in 1927 and 1928?
§ Mr. TURNERThe average value at mines and quarries in 1927 of black tin containing on the average 68 per cent. of metal was £151 9s. 9d. per ton, and in 1928 of black tin containing on the average 64 per cent. of metal £126 1s. 1d. per ton. The average prices of metallic tin per ton for the same years were £288 19s. 3d. and £227 4s. 8d.