23. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will consider the desirability of advising the Government to take steps for the national marketing of exportable coal on the lines suggested by the...

25. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the average price at which coal-mine owners interested in by-product works sell coal to themselves; and if these transactions are shown in the published...

28. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can give the House any further information as to the progress that is being made to develop the process of low-temperature carbonisation of coal with...

29. asked the Secretary for Mines how long he estimates that the depression in the mining industry will continue; and whether he has any suggestion to make with regard to regulating the supply of...

Mr. SMITH: 30. also asked the Secretary for Mines the number of pits which have been opened and reopened in the last five years, the number which have been closed down, the number of workers now...

31. asked the Secretary for Mines what is the amount of money paid for coal in royalties for the years 1923 and 1924; what is the average royalty per ton throughout Great Britain; whether there...

34. asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is in a position to report upon the inquiries of his Department into the incidence of miners' phthisis among men engaged in rock-drilling by the use...

35. asked the Secretary for Mines if he will give the figures showing the comparative extent of un employment in the coal industries in Great Britain and the United States at the end of 1924?

Mr. GRENFELL: 36. also asked the Secretary for Mines if he will furnish the statistics showing the number of days lost through industrial disputes in the coalfields of Great Britain, France,...

49. asked the Prime Minister whether he will either appoint a Committee to inquire to what degree the present depression in the mining industry is due to lack of efficient organisation or invite...