Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Coal Industry – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 5 Mehefin 1945.
The credit balances revealed by ascertainments, have been published in detail from time to time; the averages for Great Britain have been as follows:
| — | Tonnage disposed of commercially | Average credit balance per ton. | |||
| s. | d. | ||||
| 1936 | … | … | 212,000,000 | 0 | 11¼ |
| 1937 | … | … | 224,000,000 | 1 | 2¾ |
| 1938 | … | … | 210,300,000 | 1 | 4 |
| 1939 | … | … | 214,600,000 | 1 | 7½ |
| 1940 | … | … | 207,200,000 | 1 | 7 |
| 1941 | … | … | 189,600,000 | 1 | 9¼ |
| 1942 | … | … | 186,900,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 1943 | … | … | 178,400,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 1944 | … | … | 168,300,000 | 1 | 6¼ |
