No. 221. — Ralph Maughan.

Aged 12. Is a half-marrow has been here 3 years; was 2 years at Holywell Colliery went therefore down at 7 years old. Sometimes he rubs his back against the roof. Has never been unwell, or sick, or ill down the pit. Can read [easy words ]; cannot write his name. Goes to Sunday-school; goes to chapel sometimes, two or three times in a year.

No. 222. — William Hindmarch.

Aged 10 next August. Has been down pits about a-year. Is a foal, and shoves a tram behind a headsman; his brother shoves the tram with him. [Looks very delicate, but will not make any further remarks; cannot answer questions, apparently from ignorance]. Reads very easy words. Cannot write his name. Goes to Sunday-school and chapel.

No. 223. — James Adamson.

Aged 16 last April. Leads the wood; has been down this pit nearly 6 years; was a marrow for a year; shoved the corf behind. This pit is wet in some places. Is working in the broken in one pit where he is. Has sometimes been over-strained at putting and could hardly work and was off once for three or four days from a strain; very often rubbed the skin off back. Has been putting in places of about a yard high in the low pit. Had his arm broken more than two years since by the waggons running over it and his foot was put out, off then a month; had his head cut by a stone falling and was off a day. Can read, [imperfectly], can write his name. Goes pretty often to a Sunday-school and chapel.

No. 224. — James Long.

Aged 16. Is a half-marrow, has been so this two months; has been down this pit 4 years. the high pit; very often, nearly every day, rubbed the skin off his back. The places are heavy. Mostly puts the full corf up-hill; very often strains himself when the corf sticks against the roof and the side-props. Is working all in the broken. The bad air hurts him so that he cannot speak sometimes. Got lamed in his hand to-day by a fall of stone which killed his marrow, William Bruce, who was 16 years old. Another boy was cut in the head. One got his foot lamed by the rolleys and was off a week; was also off a week o by his hand being hurt by a horse. The fall of stone to-day happened just after the corf passed the spot; the corf had stuck against the timber-props and stood a minute or two, then they shoved on to come away: does not think the stone was properly propped up. Can read [fairly]; can write his name. Goes to Sunday-school and chapel very often. [Has arm in a sling and looks very pale the effects of the accident mentioned.] Has three brothers down the pit, one a headsman, another a driver and the third a helper-up.

No. 225. — George Jack.

Turned of 14. Is a half-marrow, generally making 1s. 8d. or 1s. 10d. a-day by piece-work. Has been down this pit nearly 5 years; has been putting more than 2 years. Is in a low seam, the yard seam; the places are very low; strains himself very often through not keeping the way and things right, from their not laying proper plates. Has many times thrown up his victuals down the pit. The pit is wet in some places. Can read [fairly]. Goes to Sunday-school and chapel.

No. 226. — Robert Smith.

Aged 17 next August. Puts for a headsman; makes about 4s. a-day; has been down 6 years. The pit has made him sick and also to throw up his victuals many times, when he to go home. Has had the headache very often; was never very strong but thinks he has the worse a good deal for the pit. Is now in wet places in the high seam; the water is over his ankles in many places. Gets sore feet many times. Reads easy words only. Cannot write at all. Goes to Sunday-school and chapel pretty often. [Looks very delicate.]

No. 227. — George Jordan.

Aged 12. Is a driver; has been down the pit 4 years and 2 months Has often been strained from helping up, twice, and lay idle a day one time and two the other. Has thrown up his victuals, sometimes from the bad air. Had his arm burst about two years since by the corf jamming it. Many times had his head working from the bad air, and he came home out of the pit twice or thrice from it. Hurt his ankle and lamed himself at Whitley Pit. Can read easy words. Cannot write his name. Goes to Sunday-school and chapel often.