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Mr. Jenkins
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he can state the number of coal-cutting machines and the number of conveyors in operation in the South Wales and Monmouthshire coalfields, and the output of coal by machines, for each year 1930 to the most recent date?
| SOUTH WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE. | |||||||
| Number of Coal-cutting Machines and Conveyors and Loaders in use, and the quantity of Coal cut and conveyed at Mines under the Coal Mines Act, in the years 1930–37. | |||||||
| Year. | Coal-cutting Machines. | Conveyors and Loaders. | |||||
| Number of Machines. | Quantity of Coal cut. | Number of Conveyors. | Number of Loaders. | Quantity of coal conveyed. | |||
| Tons. | Tons. | ||||||
| 1930 | … | … | 460 | 4,328,714 | 973 | 5 | 7,804,660 |
| 1931 | … | … | 484 | 4,355,741 | 932 | 16 | 7,346,856 |
| 1932 | … | … | 437 | 4,092,932 | 875 | 10 | 6,990,962 |
| 1933 | … | … | 454 | 4,402,169 | 937 | 9 | 7,284,241 |
| 1934 | … | … | 472 | 5,235,056 | 966 | 19 | 9,000,533 |
| 1935 | … | … | 476 | 6,338,358 | 1,052 | 18 | 11,048,848 |
| 1936 | … | … | 482 | 7,151,019 | 1,063 | 19 | 12,263,303 |
| 1937 | … | … | 519 | 9,151,252 | 1,207 | 30 | 15,092,425 |