§ Mr. R. J. Taylorasked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the number of coal-cutting machines and the number of conveyors in the Northumberland coalfield for each of the years 1913 to 1937?
§ Captain CrookshankThe following is the information:
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Northumberland Year. Number of Coal-cutting machines in use. Number of conveyors in use. At the Coal Face. Elsewhere below-ground. 1913 … 316 15 Not available. 1914 … 326 21 1915 … 256 15 1916 … 275 13 1917 … 316 10 1918 … 311 8 1919 … 361 7 1920 … 407 12 1921 … 415 21 1922 … 482 21 1923 … 565 25 1924 … 594 28 1925 … 524 32 1926 … 557 38 1927 … 676 86 1928 … 695 112 46 1929 … 727 132 37 1930 … 786 169 49 1931 … 769 208 59 1932 … 751 219 74 1933 … 764 252 96 1934 … 772 275 117 1935 … 776 288 151 1936 … 791 318 183 1937 … 823 341 198