Catalogue

National Union of Mineworkers, (Durham Area), Changes in Wages in the Durham Coal Trade, 1871 - 1924, and Historical Record, (includes entries to 1928), April 1924, Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/8

'Changes in Wages in the Durham Coal Trade, 1871 to 1924', 30 April 1924 Gives wage settlement mechanisms; example of a miner's bond; National Wages Agreement, 1 July 1921; tabulations of changes in wages; wage rates, food prices, hewers' and shifters' wages, numbers of employees and shifts worked, and trading profits and losses Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Vol 211

Changes in Wages in the Durham Coal Trade 1871 - 1924 Issued by the Joint Committee Department, 30 April 1924 Historical Events of DMA and Federation Board, copy of the yearly Bond; National Wages Agreement; National Wages Agreement (How it applies in Durham); Rates of Wages Under Sliding Scales and National Wages Agreement, 1879 - 1920; Tables for: Lowest and highest County Average for Hewers and Shifters between the years between the years 1879-1920; Food Prices, Subsistence Wage, Hewers' County Average & Minimum, Shifters' County Average & Minimum, since January, 1921; Number of People employed in Durham Coalfield since July, 1922, and also number of shifts worked at above and below ground; Trading Profit and Loss shown in Ascertainments since commencement of National Wages Agreement in 1921; Profit and Loss per ton under National Wages Agreement from July 1921; Durham Coal Mining Industry, Wages and Conditions of Employment, Agreement of 30 November 1926 and amended Agreement 23 December 1927 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 250

National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area), Changes in Wages in the Durham Coal Trade 1871 - 1953, Historical Record 1869 - 1953, Sam Watson, General Secretary Historical Record - Durham County; 2 copies of the yearly Bond, Agents of Durham Wages; Tables for: Selling Prices, Tonnage, Sliding Scale, Percentage on Basis; Prices, Subsistence Wage, Average Wage, Out-put per Shift, Deficiencies recoverable by Owners, Weekly Minimums; Number of People employed and number of shifts since July, 1922; Profit and Loss since National Wages Agreement, 1921; Profit and Loss per ton since National Wages Agreement from, 1921 Formerly numbered as D/DMA Vol 251

National Union of Mineworkers, (Durham Area), Changes in Wages Durham Coal Trade, 1871 - 1953, and Historical Record, 1869 - 1953, November 1954 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 197/7

'Wages Question': Summary of Table showing relationship between percentage and selling price of coal, April 1889 - September 1916 Two copies have been retained, as one bears the name, T.H. Cann, and annotations indicating the periods covered by different Conciliation Boards Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 52/2

Durham Miners Association, Minimum Wage Revision, Table showing Wages, September 1917 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 41/28

Durham Miners' Association: paper re national wages and hours, 1931 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/21

Pieceworkers Averages, 1955, 1956, 1957 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/8

Rates of Wages Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 64/13

Statistics on consumption and production, 1875 - 1913 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/19

Table, entitled 'Contracting Coalfield', giving the number of Lodges, Collieries and Drifts for a selection of individual years, 1878 - 1971; Table, giving a figure for manpower for consecutive years 1939 - 1969 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 284/79

Volume of Tables and Statistics re: Employment and Production, Various Dates from 1914 - 1933 Indexed Loose material: graph of Trading Account (little information); graph of Proceeds [?], monthly, July 1921 - December 1930; Durham County Mining Federation Wages Report, 7 July 1931 (including Accountants' Report, 30 June 1931); Durham County Mining Federation Wages Report, 2 September 1932 (including Accountants' Report 31 August 1932) Summary of Percentages: yearly, 1914 - 1925 Cost of Production - Saleable Products - Distributive Costs: for a month from an up-to-date pit c.1925 Oil Fuel - Shipping: comparison of 1914 and 1925 Anomalies Allowance: monthly, October 1924 - April 1926 Cost of Schedule 'A' Assessments: monthly, January 1924 - November 1933 Basis Wages: monthly, July 1921 - November 1933 Coals Supplied to Workmen and Others: monthly, January 1927 - May 1933 Total Costs: monthly, July 1921 - May 1933 Total Costs Other Than Wages: monthly, July 1921 - May 1933 Cost of Living (percentage above 1914): monthly, January 1915 - October 1931 Cost of Living Table, 1914 Wages Cost of Living Tables: monthly, 1925 Cost of Timber, Stores and Materials Consumed: monthly July 1921 - December 1923 Other Costs: monthly July 1921 - December 1923 Cost of Coal and Power Purchased and Consumed: monthly, January 1924 - November 1933 Deficiency, under Clause 6 of the National Wages Agreement of 1924 ½: three monthly, June 1924 - July 1925 Real Deficiency: monthly, June 1924 - July 1925 Cost of Depreciation: monthly, January 1924 - February 1933 Drawings: monthly, July 1921 - December 1933 Cost of General Expenses: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 and February 1933 Hewers County Average and Minimum Wage, monthly July 1921 - March 1928 Health and Unemployment Insurance: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 and February 1933 Cost of Insurances other than Workmen's Compensation: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 and February 1933 Cost of Local Rates: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 and January 1933 Materials and Stores Consumed (Other than Timber and Firewood) - but Including Repairs and Renewals for Certain Collieries: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Miscellaneous Costs (Including Fire and Rescue Brigades): monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Pensions: monthly, 1924 Percentage Table: monthly, October 1921 - November 1931 Proceeds: monthly, July 1921 - December 1932 Persons Employed: monthly, May 1922 - July 1932 Rent Allowance in Lieu of Houses: monthly, January 1927 - December 1932 Cost of Remuneration of Clerical and Administrative Staff: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Cost of Remuneration of Directors, General Manager, Mine Managers and Secretary: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Land Rents, Royalties and Wayleaves: monthly, July 1921 - July 1932 Repairs and Renewals: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Restoration: monthly January 1924 - September 1931 (many figures unknown) Selling Price: monthly, July 1921 - May 1933 Shifts Worked: monthly, June 1922 - May 1933 Shifts Lost: monthly, June 1922 - July 1933 Standard Profits: monthly, July 1921 - July 1925 Standard Wages: monthly, July 1921 - July 1925 Subsistence Wage: 1921 - 1928 Cost of Subsistence Wage: monthly, July 1922 - May 1933 Subvention: monthly, August 1925 - April 1926 Surface Damage: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Surplus for Division: monthly, July 1921 - December 1932 Deficiency Under 1926 Agreement: monthly January 1927 - July 1932 and February 1933 Cost of Timber: January 1924 - July 1932 Price of Timber: weekly, 4 January 1924 - 25 December 1925 Profit and Loss Account: monthly, July 1921 - December 1932 Trading Account: monthly, August 1925 - April 1926 Tonnage for Colliery Consumption and Supplied Free to Workmen: monthly, July 1922 - July 1932 Wages (Excluding Subsistence Wage): monthly, July 1921 - May 1933 Welfare Levy: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Workmen's Compensation: monthly, January 1924 - July 1932 Exports (by Country): monthly, January 1923 - June 1929 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Vol 149

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Statistics miscellaneous for Durham mining area and G.B., 1925, 1926, 1928 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/18

Statistics manpower, earnings, production costs, output, per month, January 1947 - March 1961 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 311/5

List of colliery disasters, 1743 - 1951 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 2/17

List of clerks employed by the DMA, 1912 - 1923 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 247/6

List of names of directors of companies connected with coal, who are directors of ten or more companies, December 1925 - January 1926 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/1

List of subsidiary interests and interlocking directorates of 50 principal coal companies, 1926 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/2

Interest of coal companies in other companies, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 39/3

Second Report on the Coal Situation, in Great Britain, 13 March 1934 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 320/2

Durham Miners' Association location of industry, Bishop Auckland, 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/25

Durham Miners' Association distribution of industrial population, 1938 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68/26

List of Strikes which occurred in the Durham Coalfield from 25 July 1940, listing the company, number of workers affected, date strike began, and date strike ended, 16 September 1940 - 9 January 1944 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/8

National Union of Mineworkers, Durham Area, 'Review of National Coal Board's Organisation, prepared by Sam Watson, General Secretary, n.d. Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Acc: 2157(D)) Box 277/18

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File title 'Wages', with papers on wages comparisons and a report on requests on various matters submitted to the owners , 1921 - 1939 Formerly numbered as D/DMA (Sam Watson) Box 68