Mr. Jenkinsasked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the number of coal-cutting machines and the number of conveyors in operation in the South Wales and Monmouthshire coalfields, and 741W the output of coal by machines, for each year 1930 to the most recent date?
SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. Number of Coal-cutting Machines and Conveyors and Loaders in use, and the quantity of Coal cut and conveyed at Mines under the Coal Mines Act, in the years 1930–37. Year. Coal-cutting Machines. Conveyors and Loaders. Number of Machines. Quantity of Coal cut. Number of Conveyors. Number of Loaders. Quantity of coal conveyed. Tons. Tons. 1930 … … 460 4,328,714 973 5 7,804,660 1931 … … 484 4,355,741 932 16 7,346,856 1932 … … 437 4,092,932 875 10 6,990,962 1933 … … 454 4,402,169 937 9 7,284,241 1934 … … 472 5,235,056 966 19 9,000,533 1935 … … 476 6,338,358 1,052 18 11,048,848 1936 … … 482 7,151,019 1,063 19 12,263,303 1937 … … 519 9,151,252 1,207 30 15,092,425