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Pitwood Department,

Files created by the Pitwood Department relating to the supply and transportation of pitwood for use in Welsh collieries. Material comprises mainly correspondence, written between the Coal Owners Association and the Forestry Commission, the Cardiff and Bristol Channel Pitwood Importers Association, the Great Western Railway Co., the Ministry of Supply, and the Mining Association of Great Britain Timber Advisory.

Eight Hours Act,

Material relating to the introduction of the Mines Eight Hours Act in South Wales collieries, the response of various coal companies and miners' organisations to the legislation, and the effects of the Act on the mining industry in Wales. Material comprises reports, counsel's opinions, Conciliation Board sub-committee minutes and extracts of minutes, meeting notes, owners' manifestos, circulars, letters and correspondence, newspaper cuttings, statistical statements and summaries, and some printed material.

Coal industry and trade statistics,

Material comprises statistical information compiled by several different sources including the Statistical Department of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, the Board of Trade, the Mining Association of Great Britain, and by H.M.'s Inspectors of Mines. The statistics relate to various aspects of the coal mining industry, in particular to United Kingdom trade with foreign countries, the output and distribution of minerals, miners' pay and working conditions, coal export, coal production, and the coal mining and trade industries in general.

Mining Association of Great Britain,

Contemporary statistical reports on the Coal Industry and Coal Trade of numerous foreign countries, which were collated for the Mining Association of Great Britain, and bound as (Foreign) Bulletins. The weekly bulletins are compiled mainly from foreign, particularly Continental, sources such as newspapers, journals, and government reports. Information is given for Germany, France, Poland, Holland, Canada, Russia, Italy, Norway, Belgium, Spain, USA and others. Each volume contains an index which is arranged alphabetically by country, with a secondary classification under the following headings: coal production, costs of production, external trade, internal trade, transport questions, labour, miscellaneous and, where appropriate, iron and steel industries. Bulletins 600-603 were incorrectly numbered as 700-703.