§ Colonel CLIFTON BROWNasked the Secretary for Mines the pre-War and present day deductions from miners' wages that are made on account of explosives in the Northumberland coalfield?
§ Mr. TURNERReturns made in 1920 and 1926 showed that deductions made for explosives, lamps, tools and tool-sharpening amounted to 10d. to 11d. per 1515W week per person employed. I have no separate information for the cost of explosives alone, nor have I any comparable information for the pre-War period.