§ Mr. DAGGARasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will give the number of coal-cutting machines in use; the number of conveyors in use; the total output of coal obtained by machines; and the percentage of the total output cut by machines in 1935 in the mines of Great Britain and South Wales, respectively?
§ Captain CROOKSHANKThe information is is follows:
— Year, 1935. Great Britain. South Wales and Monmouthshire. Number of coal cutting machines in use. 7,472 476 Number of conveyers in use. 6,140 1,052 Coal cut by machinery: (i) Quantity (tons) 113,264,603 6,338,368 (ii)Percentage proportion of total output. 51 18