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Mr. T. SMITH
asked the Secretary for Mines the number of wage-earners employed in the mining industry on the latest date available; and the number so engaged on the same date in 1931?
Mr. E. BROWN
On 20th October, 1934, the number of wage-earners on colliery books in Great Britain was 767,200, and at the corresponding date in 1931, 831,700.