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 244 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 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.

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