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THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL

and that excepting Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire there are only four districts where the reduction in hours would amount to two hours per week. In the two counties mentioned the reduction

Table A.

Table showing the reduction of the hours of hewers that would take place per week if the hours were reduced to eight from bank to bank and the same number of days were worked as at the present time.


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
    Number
of
hewers.
Hours
worked
per week.
Hours
per week
under 8
hours' day.
Reduction
in hours
per week
Hours per
week off
for meals.
Reduction
in hours
per week
if no time
taken for
meals.
E.S. Clackmannan 591 47·3 44 3·3 5·6 Nil
  Edinburgh 2,703 47·9 44 3·9 3·7 Nil
  Fife, Kinross, and Perth 5,170 46·9 44 2·9 3·3 Nil
  Haddington 596 38·7 34 4·7 3·6 1·1
  Lanark, pt. of 11,662 51 44 7 5·1 1·9
  Linlithgow 2,598 49·5 44 5·2 4·6 ·6
  Stirling, pt. of 2,228 44·1 40 4·1 5·5 Nil
W.S. Ayrshire 7,499 48·1 41·6 6·5 5·1 1·4
  Stirling, pt. of 845 47·8 43·4 4·4 4·8 Nil
  Lanark, pt. of 8,011 46·3 39·4 6·9 4·5 2·4
  Dumbarton 792 45·9 41·3 4·6 4·4 ·2
  Renfrew 532 49·3 42·4 6·9 5·0 1·9
  Argyle & Dumfries 205 46·4 46·1 ·3 5·77 Nil
N. Cumberland 5,885 46·5 44·8 1·7 2·8 Nil
Y. Yorkshire 34,742 44·0 40 4·0 3·6 ·4
M. Lachashire, N. & E. 18,557 47·8 41·3 6·5 3·8 2·7
L.         „         W. 15,744 45·0 38·6 6·4 4·6 1·8
M. Derbyshire 17,470 47·4 40·8 6·6 2·4 2·2
  Leicestershire 2,448 46·6 38·9 7·7 2·5 5·2
  Nottinghamshire 10,159 47·3 39·4 7·9 2·5 5·4
  Warwickshire 2,117 46·7 44 2·7 2·8 Nil
N.S. Cheshire 1,171 45·4 40·1 5·3 2·7 2·6
  Shropshire 2,083 42·3 39·9 2·4 3·3 Nil
  Staffordshire, N. 8,467 46·7 41·7 5 3·2 1·8
S.W. Brecon 13,453 51·7 44·8 6·9 —(a)  
  Glamorgan
  Monmouth
  Somerset 1,582 49·2 47·5 2·7 —(a)  
  Gloucester 3,317 47·0 43·2 3·8 —(a)  
S. Wal. Brecon 403 50·8 44·8 6·0 3·7 2·3
  Carmarthen 1,017 52·2 46·4 5·8 4·9 ·9

No change would occur in the following districts:—

N. Northumberland 11,840 37· 2·6
  Durham, pt. of 8,545 39·4 2·7
  Durham 24,178 40·3 2·5
  Westmoreland & N.R. Yorks
S.S. Staffordshire, S. 9,752 40·8 4·3
  Worcestershire 1,393 40·8 4·3

(a) No return given.


would amount to over five hours per week, but if the miners were to work five extra hours they would not then exceed