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Mr. W. Joseph Stewart
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he will state the total amount paid in wages to miners in
| England and Wales. | |||||||
| County. | 1924. | 1938. | |||||
| Output of Saleable Coal. | Average Annual Cash Earnings per Wage-earner (exclusive of the value of allowances in kind). | Output of Saleable Coal. | Average Annual Cash Earnings per Wage-earner (exclusive of the value of allowances in kind). | ||||
| ENGLAND. | Tons. | £ | Tons. | £ | |||
| Northumberland | … | 13,660,448 | 125 | 13,310,518 | 130 | ||
| Durham | … | … | 36,674,580 | 129 | 31,413,231 | 127 | |
| Cumberland | … | … | 2,188,795 | 131 | 1,568,175 | 151 | |
| Westmorland | … | … | 1,685 | — | |||
| Somerset | … | … | 1,116,789 | 123 | 738,197 | 133 | |
| Kent | … | … | … | 330,197 | 150 | 1,771,104 | 158 |
| Gloucester | … | … | 1,605,941 | 119 | 1,418,116 | 137 | |
| Yorkshire | … | … | 46,564,271 | 147 | 42,372,045 | 151 | |
| Nottinghamshire | … | 14,190,313 | 15,467,520 | ||||
| Warwickshire | … | … | 5,144,331 | 5,584,228 | |||
| Derbyshire | … | … | 16,842,415 | 13,851,374 | |||
| Leicestershire | … | … | 3,151,591 | 2,861,422 | |||
| Staffordshire: Cannock Chase. | 6,060,980 | 5,079,494 | |||||
| South Staffordshire | … | 1,213,225 | 116 | 1,103,717 | 145 | ||
| Worcestershire | … | 492,033 | 287,260 | ||||
| Shropshire | … | … | 819,515 | 656,684 | |||
| North Staffordshire | … | 6,492,759 | 125 | 6,940,830 | 144 | ||
| Lancashire | … | … | 19,540,126 | 14,262,641 | |||
| Cheshire | … | … | 249,944 | 22,139 | |||
| WALES. | |||||||
| Denbighshire | … | … | 2,935,333 | 122 | 2,486,213 | 151 | |
| Flintshire | … | … | 510,340 | 226,086 | |||
| Breconshire | … | … | 638,074 | 139 | 465,181 | 144* | |
| Carmarthenshire | … | 2,671,142 | 1,834,966 | ||||
| Glamorganshire | … | 33,375,781 | 22,347,327 | ||||
| Pembrokeshire | … | … | 51,640 | 70,879 | |||
| Monmouthshire | … | 14,348,498 | 10,574,395 | ||||
| Total for England and Wales. | 230,870,746 | 137 | 196,713,742 | 143 | |||
| *Relates to year ended 31st January, 1939. | |||||||