§ Mr. R. Morganasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the average earnings of men employed in the mining industry for adult workers and for workers of all ages, respectively.
Major Lloyd GeorgeThe average cash earnings per shift for all wage-earners employed in the mining industry was 22s. 3d. per shift during the month of July. Separate figures are not collected for adult workers only, but it is estimated that for them the average rate was roughly 23s. 9d. These figures exclude the value of allowances in kind, which amounted to about 8d. per shift.