the working of concessions, 19,272; import duties, 19,368-9; imports and exports, 19,359-67; iron production from open workings, 19,270; jury of expropriation, 19,440-4; Law of 1810 (Art. 22), 19,248; (Art. 39), 19,292; mineral statistics (1888), 19,346; miners' wages, 19,336-41; mines held under concessions granted previous to 1810, 19,238; mining companies, 19,305-7; 19,408-11, 19,436-8; production and consumption, 19,349; production of iron ore, 19,385-7; right granted by a concession, 19,245-7; right of State to work minerals, 19,236-7; rights of foreigners to obtain concessions, 19,327-31; royalties, 19,398-404; royalties and wages, 19,395-7; royalties and wages in the St. Etienne district, 19,376-8, 19,4204, 19,445-8; royalties payable to surface owners, 19,250-6, 19,317-26, 19,419; selection of conces sionnaire when more than one applicant, 19,239a-41; selling prices, 19,350-8; 19,370-2, 19,379, 19,388-90; selling prices and wages, 19,380-4; sub-letting. of concessions, 19,291; surface damage, 19,425-6; taxation, 19,405; the Act of Concession, 19,249; total royalties paid, 19,417-8; transfer of concession on death of concessionnaire, 19,299-304; transit charges, 19,314-6; ventilation and drainage, 19,259-69; wages, 19,373–5, 19,391–4, 19,449–58.

A member of the Commission; Chairman of the
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire.
Colliery Owners' Association; formerly president
of the Mining Association of Great Britain.
First Report, p. 89.

Combination of coalowners, 2154, 2165–7, 2184–8, 2246, 2247; competition with foreign countries, 2169, 2170, 2248-59; forfeiture for non-observance of covenants, 2131, 2139; joint ownership, 2148-53; mines unworked, 2194-9; provisions as to free coal, 2132, 2133; royalties, 2129-31, 2155-62, 2181-3, 2244, 2245; (a) and wayleaves in foreign countries, 2168; severance of ownership, 2141-7; short workings, 4140, 2171-80, 2200-18, 2230-43; sliding scales, 2134, 2189-93; sublettings, 2226-9; surface damage, 2141-7, 2225; surface way leaves, 2135; term of leases, 2125-8, 2163, 2164; underground wayleaves, 2136, 2137; way leaves, 2219-24.

BARNES, JAMES. Magistrate for Monmouthshire; partner in the firm of Messrs. J. G. & W. Barnes, proprietors of the Coalbrook vale collieries, Nantyglo; and member of the South Wales and North Wales Colliery Owners' Associations.

Second Report, p. 50.

Dead rents, 5049-88; drainage, 5114-39; establishment of a tribunal, 5095, 5152-7, 5189-91, 5239-56, 5291-5, 5332-7, 5344-8; leases, 5229-38; mines abandoned, 5221-2, 5270-90, 5338-43; mines unworked, 5298-5307; proprietory rights in minerals, 5257-62; royalties, 5089-94, 5096-5113, 5140-51, 5168-71, 5263-9, 5296-7; royalties and wayleaves, 5192-5209; share by lord in profits, 5210-20; underground wayleaves, 5158-67; wages, 5223-8, 5308-31; way leaves, 5172-88.

BARROWMAN, JAMES.

Mining engineer and mineral factor to the Duke of Hamilton.

Second Report, p. 323.

Ancient grants of minerals, 12,987-94, 13,071-5; development of the minerals, 12,945-53; Flemington Colliery, 12,967-75, 13,001-23, 13,046-60, 13,07613,103, 13,122-3; high royalties, 12,967; Leshmahagow Colliery, 12,978, 13,104-12; Letterick Colliery, 12,976-7; nationalization of minerals-payment of compensation, 12,995-13,000; royalties, 13,024 – 6, 13,113-6, 13,124-9; and selling prices, 13,027-45; and wayleaves, 12,939-44; sliding scales, 12,979-86, 13,117-21; surface damage, 12,954-66; wayleaves, 12,929-38, 13,061-70.

BELL, SIR ISAAC LOWTHIAN, BART.

Past President of the British Iron Trade Associa tion and President of the Cleveland Mine Owners' Association.

First Report, p. 44.

Concession of minerals by the State, 1042, 1043, 106272; mines abandoned, 1061; overpaid dead rents, 1140-44; proprietory rights in minerals, 1109-31; provisions as to buildings at end of term, 1135-9; reduction of royalty, 1094-100; royalties, 1040-41; 1044-6, 1076-82, 1092, 1093, 1102-8; sliding scales, 1047-9, 1101, 1145-7; Spain, existing law in, 1062– 70; State taxation in Prussia, 1083-91; way leaves, 1050-6, 1060, 1073-5, wayleaves, tribunal of arbitration, 1148-73.

BERNARD, SIR CHARLES EDWARD, K.C.S.I.
Secretary to the Secretary of State for India in
in Council in the Revenue Department.
Third Report, p. 41.

Coal Mining in India, 15,068-86, 15,122-7; comparison between position of mines in State collieries and private collieries, 15,145-6; competition between English and Indian coal, 15,175-83; development of the mining industry, 15,147, 15,168-72; existing law in India, 15,087-99; gold mining, 15,157-9; hours of labour, 15,140-4; iron mining in India, 15,148-53, 15,173-4; labour difficulties, 15,154-6; local taxation, 15,136; powers of concessionnaires, 15,130-5; royalties, 15,100-12, 15,184-8; royalties in State collieries and private collieries, 15,160-7; royalties in the native States, 15,117-21; selling prices, 15,192-5; system of working, 15,189-91; terms and conditions of concessions, 15,128-9; the Expropriation Law, 15,113-6; wages, 15,137-9.

Hours of Labour, 15,247-51; injuries to workmen— payment of compensation, 15,252-5; miners' wages, 15,240-4; mining law in (a) Ceylon, 15,199 – 202, (b) Cyprus, 15,203, (c) Labuan, 15,204-7, (d) Perak, 15,208, (e) Cape Colony, 15,209, (ƒ) Basutoland, 13,210, (d) Gold Coast, 15,211, (h) Mauritius, 15,212, (i) Natal, 15,213, (j) Zululand, 15,214-5, (k) Prince Edward's Island, 15,216, (1) British Columbia, 15,217, (m) Vancouver's Islands, 15,218, (n) Newfoundland, 15,219, (0) Falkland Islands, 15,220, (p) New South Wales, 15,212-7, (q) Queensland, 15,228, (r) South Australia, 15,229, (s) Victoria, 15,230-1, (t) Western

Australia, 15,232, (u) New Zealand, 15,233, (v) Tasmania, 15,234-9; resumption of minerals by Government--payment of compensation, 15,245-6.

BROOMHEAD, BARNARD PLATTS.

A member of the firm, Broomhead, Wightman and
Moore, Solicitors, Sheffield; a member of the
Council of the Incorporated Law Society of
England; Director of the Bilbao Cantabrian
Railway Company, Chairman of Thomas Firth
& Sons, Steel Manufacturers, Sheffield.

First Report, p. 72.

Boundaries of coal property, 1869-72; combination amongst coalowners, 1884-8; competition with foreign countries, 1945-54; cost of carriage, 1882, 1883; customs as to buildings at end of term, 1859; customs on renewal of leases as to improvements, 2085-8; drainage and ventilation, 1848-50; establishment of a tribunal, 1845-7, 1851-7, 1876, 1877, 1901, 1936-40 1935, 1982-90; estates vested in trustees, Settled Land Act, 1860-2; (b) reduction of royalties, 1873, 1874; existing laws in Spain, 1895-900, 2063-74, 2089-94; fixed rent, 2075-9; joint ownership, 1902–4, 2006, 2007; mining leases and sale of the minerals, 1841-3, 1909, 1965-81, 1991-2005; overpaid deadrents, 1910-22, 2047-55; powers under the Canal Acts, 1907, 1908; royalties, 1889-93; (a) tribunal of assessment, 1928-32, 2061, 2062; (b) in Spain, 195564, 2008–10; (c) and wayleaves, 1933, 1934; short workings, 1858, 2035-46; sliding scales, 1936-40, 2011-21, 2083, 2084; (a) and fixed rents, comparison between, 1894; (b) under Settled Land Act, 1863-6; surface damage, 1844, 1875, 1923-7, 2028-34, 205660, 2080, 2081; surface wayleaves, 1878-81, 1943, 1944, 2022-7; transfer of property by lessees without consent of lessors, 1867, 1868, 2082; tribunal of assessment, 1851-7, 1881; underground way leaves, 1848-50; unworked minerals, 1905, 1906, 1941, 1942.

Abolition of royalties and payment of compensation, 5807-18; effect on consumer, 5819-28; effect on collier, 5829-33; access to railways or shipping places, 5752-5; competition with foreign countries, 5874-83; establishment of a tribunal, 5775-81; free access to minerals, 5734-6, 5,764-7, 5790-4, 5843-54; mines abandoned, 5762-3; mines unworked, 5729-33, 5740-3, 5858-65, 5907-14; nationalization of minerals, 5884– 98, 5928-52; reduction of royalties, 5926, 5756-7, 5790-4, 5958-62; royalties, 5723-8, 5782-9, 57955806, 5855-7, 5866-8; royalties and sliding scales, 5749-51, 5758-61, 5768-71, 5834-42; royalties and wages, 5869-73; selling prices and wages, 5953-7; sliding scales, 5915-25; suggestions, 5737-9; wages 5899-5906; way leaves, 5772-4.

Access to railways, 12,376-80; Antrim Iron Ore Company, 12,341-52; competition with Spain, 12,389-91, 12,423; conditions of lease, 12,353-5, 12,408-14; cost of production. 12,394, 12,472-81; dead rents, 12,35660 12,399-12,407, 12.415-7, 12,442-9, 12,459-71; description of minerals, 12,387-8; description of property, 12.427-41; local rates, 12,418-22; means of transit, 12,397, 12,424-6; mode of working, 12,450-8; royalties, 12,361-5; sales under the Ashbourne Act," 12,370-2; selling prices, 12,385-6, 12,392-3; short workings, 12,366, 12,398; surface damage, 12,367-9; surface wayleaves, 12,373-5 ; transit charges, 12,395-6; underground way leaves, 12,381-4.

BROWN, THOMAS FORSTER.

Mining Engineer, Chief Mineral Inspector for
Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and
Forests, Deputy Gaveller of the Forest of
Dean.

Second Report, p. 355.

Abolition of royalties, 13,986-8; coal-mining in Cumberland, 14,076-80; coal worked free of royalties, 13,954-8, 14,132-44; collieries worked free of wayleaves, 14,006-10, 14,155-6; competition between State and private ownership, 14,035-6; competition

with foreign countries, 14,107-9; customs in the APPENDIX IX. Forest of Dean, 14,081-5; development of the coal trade, 14,095, 14,232-9; development of the mining industry in the Forest of Dean, 14,086-94; establishment of a tribunal, 14,211-5; hematite iron ore mining, 14,219-31; royalties in Cumberland, 14,0658; lessors and lessees, 14,168-79; operation of royalties, 13,983-5, 13,989-91, 14,128-31; output 13,945; reduction of royalties, 14,064; royalties, 13,946-50, 13,953, 13,959-77; 14,015-8, 14,145-54, 14,240-4; and freightage, 14,110-5;-and selling prices, 14,251-7; and wayleaves, 13,951-2, 13,99714,001, 14,072-3;-effect on the iron ore mining, 14,248-50; selling prices, 14,021-30; 14,117-9, 14,15767, 14,186-14,205; severance of ownership, 14,048-59, 14,205-10; short workings, 14,060-3; sliding scales, 14,019-20, 14,069-71, 14,120-7; subdivision of surface land, 14,074-5, 14,245-7; summary of exports, 14,102-6; summary of production, 14,096-14,101 surface damage, 14,048-59; 14,206-10; the Aberdare Valley, 13,978-9; the Coalbrook Vale Collieries, 14,044-7; the Forest Fach Colliery, 14,042-3; the Lletty Shenkin Colliery, 14,031-4, 14,180-2; the Middle Duffryn Colliery, 14,037-8; 14,183-5; the "Mining Leases (Devon and Cornwall) Bill," 14,25869; the Plymouth Company, 14,039-41; the Rhondda Valley, 13,980-1, 14,145-54; the South Wales coalfield, 13,943-4; the Taff Valley, 13,982; the Tynybedw Colliery, 14,116; way leaves, 13,992--6, 14,002-5, 14,011-4; refusal to grant, 14,216-8.

BRYANT, CAPT. JAMES.

Mineral Agent to Lord Falmouth; and

HILL, JULIAN.

Principal Agent to Lord Falmouth, Associate of
the Institute of Civil Engineers, Auditor of the
Great Northern Railway Company.
Third Report, p. 157.

Abandonment of Wheal Jane Mine-effect on the miners, 18,288-318; an arbitration court, 18221-2, 18,252-5; arbitration clauses, 18,223-5; calculation of dues on profits, 18,226-9; Great Wheel Busy Mine, 18,215-20, 18,230-1; respective interests of proprietor and adventurer 18,256-74; surface damage, 18,324; Wheal Jane Mine, 18,209-14, 18,232-51, 18,275-87, 1831-923.

CAMPBELL, HENRY HUNTER.

Mining Engineer, Sutton Hall, St. Helen's, Lancashire.

Third Report, p. 183.

Average royalty in Lancashire, 18,758-75; effect of royalties on the industry, 18,756-7; the coal mining industry in Lancashire, 18,750-5.

APPENDIX IX. CONYBEARE, CHARLES AGUSTUS VANSIT-

ᎢᎪᎡᎢ .

Member of Parliament for the Camborne Division
of Cornwall.

Fourth Report, p. 48.

Acquirement of leases, 20,123-8; comparison between
wages in Cornwall and the North of England, 19,993-
20,000; compulsory powers of a mining court,20,052-9
condition of miners in Cornwall, 20,001-6; customs of
Cornish mining, 20,007-10; depression in the mining
industry in Cornwall, 20,113-5; dues and profits,
20,089-C8; effect of abolition of royalties, 19,884–9;
effect of royalties on wages, 19,983; establishment of
a tribunal, 19,959, 20,070, 20,116-22; high royalties,
19,974-5; legislation with respect to Cornish mining,
20,011-2; migration of miners, 20,148-52; miners'
wages, 19,990-2, 20,084-8; miners' wages and selling
prices, 20,141-7; payment of dues on profits or output,
19,960-7, 20,099-105, 20,153-61; personal action with
reference to legislation dealing with Cornish mining,
19,942-58; remission of dues, 19,976; royalties,
20,109-12; royalties, effect on the mining industry,
19,968-73, 19,977-82; royalties and profits, 20,136-40
selling price of copper, 20,071-7; the cost book and
limited liability systems, 20,013-41, 20,060-9; the
Mining Leases (Cornwall and Devon) Bill, 20,078-83,
20,106-8; undeveloped minerals, 20,129-35; Violet
Seton Mine, 20,042-51.

COOPER, ROBERT WATSON.

Newcastle-on-Tyne, solicitor to colliery owners
and lessees in Northumberland and Durham.

Fourth Report, p. 27.

Arbitration, 19,638-9, 19,675-8, 19,760-8; assignment
of leases to companies, 19,690-709; Bell v. Love,
19,587; capitalization of rent under the Settled Land
Act (1882), 19,484-504; cases of leasing by corpora-
tions, 19,469-70; classes of owners, 19,469; compen-
sation for breach of covenants, 19,679-89; compensa-
tion for surface damage, 19,629-37, 19,643–56, 19,756–
9; compulsory powers of wayleave-arbitration,
19,675-8; difficulties in way of modification of con-
ditions of leases, 19,515-6; Eardley v. Lord Granville,
19,572-3; easement charges, 19,607-28; exceptions
19,466-8; existing difficulties, effect on the develop-
ment of the mineral industry, 19,505-13; Gill v.
Dickinson, 19,589-90; Hedley v. Fenwick, 19,590-
600; law as to ownership of minerals, 19,466; limited
liability companies - surface damage, 19,769-72;
minerals held in undivided shares, 19,544-59; New-
castle Corporation as lessors, 19,800-6; powers in
respect of easements, 19,514; powers of landlords to
refuse to relet, 19,791-5; powers of leasing of cor-
porations, 19,471, 19,727-8; powers of limited
owners, 19,473-6, 19,723-6; powers of owners of
surface and minerals, 19,472; powers of trustees-
short workings, 19,717; reduction of rent and sur-
render of lease, 19,517-25, 19,718-22; regal rights of
the Bishop of Durham, 19,796-9; rights of copy-
holders, surface damage, and underground way-
leaves, 19,574-80; right of copyholders in common
land, 19,581-9, 19,712-6, 19,745-7; rights of surface
and mine owners, 19,640-2, 19,847-59; royalties,
19,811-7; sea-coal, 19,732,44, 19,818-32, 19,860-7;
Settled Estates Act (1856), 19,477-9; Settled Land
Act (1882), sec. 7, 19,480-3; severence of ownership,
19,560-1; Shafto v. Bolckow, 19,570-2, 19,589; short
workings, 19,526-43; surface damage, 19,570; sur-
face wayleaves, 19,662-74, 19,833-47; term of leases,
19,807-10; the Enclosure Acts, 19,601-6; under-
ground easements, 19,657-61; wayleaves, 19,710–1,
19,729-31, 19,748-55, 19,773-90.

COWEY, EDWARD.

President of the Yorkshire Miners' Association.

Second Report, p. 145.

Abolition of royalties, 8003-7; cost of production,
8052-5; development of the mining industry, 8065–9;
establishment of a tribunal, 8062-4, 8107-9; exces-
sive royalties, 7990-8002, 8089-91, 8095-8101;
minerals unworked, 8046-51; mines abandoned,
8070-3; reduction of royalties, 8008-20, 8027-45,
8056-60, 8080-8; royalties and wages, 7980-9; sliding
scales, 8061; wages and selling prices, 8021-6, 8074-9,
8102-6, 9110-6; wayleaves, 8092-4.

CROCKETT, J. D.
Mining and Civil Engineer, Dungannon, Tyrone.
Second Report, p. 308.

Access to railways, 12,608-11; assessment of royalties,
12,650-1; cost of production and selling prices,
12,640-9; difficulties in the way of developing the
minerals, 12,613-27, 12,652-60; establishment of a
tribunal, 12,613, 12,661-3; selling prices, 12,611;
severance of ownership, 12,602-5; subdivision of
land, 12,611-2; suggested legislation, 12,637-9; sur-
face wayleaves, 12,606-7; the coal mining industry,
12,597-12,601; wayleaves, 12,628-36.

CULLEY, GEORGE.

Commissioner of Woods, Forests, and Land
Revenues.

Third Report, pp. 92, 133.

Action of the Office of Woods and Forest, 16,433-41;
Act of William and Mary, 17,900-2. Attorney-
General v. Morgan, 16,418, 17,774-81; characteristics
of gold deposits in Wales, 17,602-13; charges for
take-notes, 17,640-50; control of the Crown, 16,417;
cost of collecting the royalties, 17,616-20; cost of
mining and Crown royalties, 16,423-4; cost of
weighing ore, 17,705-6; cost of working, 17,707-10;
Crown mining rights on private lands, 17,638-9 ;
Cwmheisian Mine, 17.872-8; development of the
gold mining industry, 17,671 7, 17,809-20 17,916-27;
discovery of gold and application for take-notes,
17,582-5; employment of miners, 16,426-32, 17,799-
806; gold-mining in Wicklow, 17,651-66; legislation
in New South Wales, 16,420; offer of a sliding-scale
royalty, 17,678-81; position of workers of base and
precious metals compared, 17,789-98, 17,840–71;
present position of the gold mining industry, 16,410-5;
previous royalties received by the Crown, 17,614-5;
production and value of gold extracted, 16,406–9,
16,421-2; reduction of royaltics, 16,404; report of
H.M. Inspector as to Welsh gold mining, 17,807–8;
revenue of Crown from minerals, 17,581; rights of
landlord and Crown with respect to gold, 17,722–34,
17,821-9, 17,879-86; rights of Crown in precious
metals, 17,771-4, 17,887-99; royalties, 17,830-4;
royalties-practice of the Woods and Forests Office,
17,667-70; royalties in the Colonies, 17,630-3;
royalties on (a) coal, 17,590-1; (b) gold, 17,586-9,
17,592-7; (c) gold in copper, 17,903-15; (d) silver
mines, 16,425; (e) the Clogau Mine, 17,634-7;
royalties charged by the Crown, 16,404; royalty on
profit, 17,711-2; sliding-scale royalties, 16,404-6,
17,597-601, 17,703-4, 17,835-9; supervision by the
Crown, 17,746-70; take-notes, 16,416; the Morgan
Mine, 17,691-702, 17,713-21, 17,928-40; the Office
of Woods and Forests and gold mining, 16,419,
17,621-9, 17,682-90; valuation of plant, 16,423; value
of ore, 17,735-45.

Abolition of royalties, 9665–72, 9807–13, 9832-5; barrier
coal, 9996-10,015, 10,098-10,101; bonus rents, 9845-6;
competition with foreign countries. 9814-7, 9,837-44,
10,120-2, 10,144; conditions on letting a royalty,
9740-9, 9830-1, 9847-51, 9890-2; cost of labour;
9913-5, 10,016-29, 10,123-6, 10,153-5, 10,164-6;
difficulties of access to railways, 9622-3; effect of
abolition of present leases, 10,116-9: effect of com-
pulsory wayleave powers, 9624-8, 9636-9; establish-
ment of a tribunal, 9700; excessive royalties-effect
on the mining industry, 9703-5; instroke rents,
9640-3; legislative interference, 9657-9, 9988-95;
objections to compulsory wayleave powers, 9618-21;

overpaid rents, 9686-7; ownership in minerals, 9879-
89; powers of surrender, 9688, 9852-74, 10,097;
provisions as to buildings, &c. at end of term, 9685;
public and private railways, 10,127-33; reduction of
royalties, 9750-4, 9828-9, 10,109-13; relief fund for
miners, 9818-9, 10,089-96, 10,102-3, 10,156–63; re-
newal of leases, 9682-4; royalties, 10,146-50; royalties
and cost of production, 9663-4; royalties and sliding
scales, 9673-80, 9713-39, 10,052-5; royalties-com-
petition with foreign countries, 9689-98, 9916-77,
10,114-5; royalties in Durham, 9702; sea coal,
9660-2; selling prices, 9706-7; sliding scales, 9708,
9825-7, 10,141-3; sub-division of the surface, 9652-6;
surface wayleaves, 9578-9617, 9790-9803, 9893-9912,
10,145; surface wayleaves - establishment of a
tribunal, 9804-6; surface way leaves-public and
private railways, 9755-89, 9820-4, 9978-87, 10,056–88;
taxation of colliery leases, 9681; treatment of lessees
by lessors, 9699, 9701; underground wayleaves,
9630-5, 9645-7, 9836; wayleaves, 9576-7, 9875-8.

DAVENPORT, ALFRED.

Solicitor to the proprietors of the Boosbeck Iron-
stone Royalties.

Third Report, p. 118.

The Boosbeck ironstone royalty, 17,007-62.

DICKSON, T. A.

Member of Parliament for the St. Stephen's Green
Division, Dublin.

66

Second Report, p. 317.

Competition with South Wales, 12,870-5; dead rents
and surface damages, 12,846-50; development of the
mineral resources of Ireland, 12,789-93, 12,914-6;-
test borings, 12,819-21, 12,852-4, 12,865–9, 12,891,
12,917-22; " Entrance," 12,851; mineral resources,
12,822-30; reservation of the minerals, 12,796-12,818;
-payment of compensation, 12,855-64; royalties,
12,831-45; royalties and profitable mining, 12,876-
87; sales under the "Ashbourne Act," 12,794–5 ;-
reservation of minerals, 12,892-12,913; the Board of
Works as a court of arbitration, 12,888-90.

DOBBS, JOSEPH.

Lessee of the Jarrow Colliery, Kilkenny.

Second Report, p. 291.

:-

Development of the coalfield-means of transit, 12,100–9,
12,121-2, 12,137-43; selling prices and wages, 12,110-
20; sales under the "Ashbourne Act," 12,126-36;
sub-division of land-effect on the mining develop-
ment, 12,123-5; term of leases, 12,144-9.

DRUMMOND, WM.

Solicitor, Edinburgh.

Second Report, p. 94.

Decision in White v. Dixon, 6290-2; effect on the
working of minerals, 6318-9; decision in Humphreys
v. Brogden, 6293-5; establishment of a tribunal,
6330-3; proposed Bill, 6325-9; severance of owner-
ship and surface damage, 6290; surface damage,
6334-8; proposed Bill, 6296-6317; decision in White
v. Dixon, 6320-4.

DUIGNAN, WILLIAM HENRY.

Partner in the firm Duignan and Elliott, solicitors,
Walsall, Staffordshire; shareholder - director of
the Walsall Wood Colliery Company, Ystrad-
gynlais, near Swansea, and the Milnor Mining
Company.

Third Report, p. 83.
Copyhold tenures in Cannock Chase, 16,188-93; esta-
blishment of a tribunal, 16,205; Hempstead Colliery,
16,253-8; nationalisation of mines, 16,201-4; power
of refusal to let, 16,221-37; reduction of royalties,
16,219-20; refusal by landlord to let, 16,259–64;
refusal of renewal of lense, 16,206-12; royalties and
sliding scales, 16,177-9; royalties and wages, 16,238-
45; terms of renewal, 16,213-8; the mining industry
in Cannock Chase, 16, 194-200, 16,246-52; the royalty
system, 16,180-7.

DUNCAN, WILLIAM ELLIOTT.
Solicitor, London.

Third Report, p. 34.

Royalties and dead-rents, 14,968-73, 14,982-3; the
Yniscedwyn Colliery, 14,875-923a, 14,939-67, 14,974–
81, 14,984-15,011, 15,014-24; sliding scales, 15,012-3;
suggested remedies, 14,924; (a) royalties, 14,925;
(b) dead-rents, 14,926-38.

DUNN, FREDERICK WILLIAM.

Agent for the proprietor of Corrwg-fechan Coal
Colliery, South Wales.

Third Report, p. 106.

The Corrwg-Jechan Colliery, 16,709-63.

EDDY, WALTER.

Mining engineer, Llangollen; mineral agent for
Colonel Cornwallis West, and others.

Third Report, p. 26.

Dead rents, 14,657-60, 14,714-24; establishment of a
tribunal, 14,684-5; lead mining competition with
Spain, 14,743; lead mining in Shropshire, 14,676-7;
payment of income tax, 14,762; powers of surrender,
14,757-61, 14,763-66a; provisions as to buildings at
end of term, 14,769-71; severance of ownership,
14,648-56; short workings, 14,738-9, 14,756; sliding
scales, 14,635-6, 14,686-7, 14,706-11, 14,725-7; sur-
face damage, 14,642-7; reduction of royalties,
14,673-5, 14,688-9, 14,740-2; renewal of leases,
14,767-8; royalties, 14,616-34, 14,678-83, 14,772-6;
royalties (a) on coal, 14,669-72, 14,744-55; (b) on
metallic mines, 14,664-7; the low price of lead ore
and the reduced price of lead, 14,668; wages,
14,728-9, 14,777-8; wages and sliding scales, 14,661-3,
14,712-3; wayleaves, 14,690-705, 14,730-7; wayleaves
and royalties, 14,637-41.

ELLIS, JOHN DEVONSHIRE.

Chairman of the South Yorkshire Coal Owners'
Association.

First Report, p. 57.

Estates vested in trustees, 1428-33, 1459, 1484-9, 1497-
1510; overpaid dead-rents, 1420-7, 1451, 1484-9;
price of coal, 1460-5; provisions as to buildings at
end of term, 1405-7, 1468-73; reduction of royalties,
1437-41; restrictions on assignment of leases, 1400-4,
1447-50; royalties, 1434-6, 1493-6; effect on de-
velopment of trade, 1442-4, 1466; selling prices,
1460-5; severance of ownership, 1408, 1409, 1445,
1446, 1452-8; short workings, 1514, 1515; surface
damage, 1410-13, 1452-8, 1474-9, 1511-3; surface
wayleaves, 1414-9; term of leases, 1399; unexhausted
improvements, 1480-3, 1490-2; wayleaves, effect on
development of trade, 1467.

EVANS, ISAAC.

Miners' agent for the Neath, Swansea, and Llanelly
districts.

Second Report, p. 248.

Competition with foreign countries, 10,738-9; reduc.
tion of royalties, 10,763-9; effect on wages, 10,713–6;
royalties and selling prices, 10,792-3; sliding scales,
10,758-62; wayleaves, 10,844; royalties-effect on
mining industry, 10,694-10,701, 10,717-37, 10,740-3,
10,775-91, effect of wayleaves, 10,744-8; sliding
scales, 10,794-10,818; surface wayleaves, 10,770-4;
underground wayleaves, 10,702-12, 10,749-57, 10,819-

43.

EVANS, SILAS.

Mining engineer, Belfast; secretary to the Iron-
ore and Coal Mines Company, County Antrim.
Second Report, p. 303.
Conditions of leases, 12,500-3; development of the
mining industry, 12,517-8; establishment of &
tribunal, 12,492, 12,550, 12,567-9; forfeiture, 12,513;
free coal. 12,511-2; iron ore mining-royalties,
12,488: (a) cost of production, 12,519-26: (b) royalties
and wayleaves, 12,527-40; land laws, 12,489-90;
mines unworked, 12,558–66; nationalization of mine.
rals, 12,570-1, 12,579-88; payment of compensation,
12,572-8; provisions as to buildings, 12,514; re-
newal of leases, 12,515; royalties, 12,504-6; —and
wayleaves, 12,589-93; selling prices, 12,516; sever-
ance of ownership, 12,490–2; short workings, 12,507;

Mining engineer, and mining agent to the Marquis
of Anglesey.

Second Report, p. 346.
Cannock and Huntington Colliery, 13,762; compulsory
cultivation of the surface, 13,741-3; dead rents,
13,734-40; description of property, 13,709-10; Fair
Oak Colliery, 13,755-61, 13,783-6; fixed rents, 13,768-
70; Leighswood Colliery, 13,763-5; powers of sur-
render, 13,751-4; reduction of wages, 13,771-4;
royalties, 13,711-24, 13,790-2; -and wayleaves,
13,747-50, 13,793-13,813; -effect on the development
of the coalfield, 13,725-33; short workings, 13,744-6,
13,766-7; sliding scales, 13,775-6; the mining in-
dustry in the Cannock Chase, 13,777-82; under-
ground wayleaves, 13,787-9.

FARRER, JOHN.

Land agent, surveyor, and valuer at Oulton, near
Wakefield; Fellow of the Institute of Surveyors,
and a member of the Yorkshire and North of
England Land Agents' Association.

Third Report, p. 126.

Effect of the Wakefield Enclosure Act on mining
industry, 17,345-9, 17,361-74; surface damage and
payment for compensation, 17,336-44; the Wakefield
Enclosure Act, 17,330-5.

FENWICK, CHARLES.

Member of Parliament for the Wansbeck division
of Northumberland, secretary of the Parlia-
mentary Committee of the Trades Union Con-
gress, and a member of the Central Board of the
Miners' National Union.

Second Report, p. 179.
Competition with foreign countries, 8765, 8772, 8784-8,
2806-11; Spain, 8743-8; cost of carriage, 8789-92;
effect of royalties and wayleaves on the mining
industry, 8728-9; establishment of a tribunal,
8738-41, 8749-60, 8779, 8833-4; excessive royalties,
8742; existing laws in foreign countries, 8773-8;
nationalization of minerals, 8736-7, 8822-3; reduc-
tion of royalties, 8766-71, 8793-8805; royalties and
miners' wages, 8730-5, 8824-30; royalties and
sliding scales, 8749-60, 8780-3; selling prices and
wages, 8812-21; sliding scales, 8761-4, 8779; way-
leaves, 8831-2.

FLUDYER, CHARLES, LIEUT.-COL.

Lessee of Violet Seton and Great North Seton
Mines, Cornwall.

Second Report, p. 23.

Customs as to buildings at end of term, 4274-8; cus-
toms as to Cornish mining, 4384-94; establishment
of a court of reference, 4240-54, 4279-81, 4291-2,
4300-3, 4313-41, 4378-83; mines unworked, effect on
miners, 4373-7; proprietary rights in minerals,
4233a-9, 4304-5, 4310-2, 4342-64, 4401-10; royalties,
4371-2, 4395-4400; royalties and cost of labour,
4365-70; surface damage, 4270-3; the cost book and
limited liability systems, 4228-33, 4255-69, 4282-90,
4293-9, 4306-9.

FORSTER, R. COCHRANE.

Mining engineer; Director of the New Morgan
Gold Mining Company.

Third Report, p. 86.

Action of the Crown, 16,323-6; assessment of rents on
produce, 16,327; development of the gold mining
industry in Wales, 16,277, 16,293, 16,392; employ-
ment of miners, 16,292, 16,380-91; fixed rents,
16,301-4, 16,308-15; legal rights of the Crown,

16,337-42; royalties, 16,278-9, 16,288, 16,316-9,
16,343-5; royalties and sliding scales, 16,294–300;
sliding scales, 16,320-2; take-notes, 16,289-91; terms
offered by the Crown, 16,354-69; the Cambrian Gold
Mine, 16,328-9; the Mawddach Company, 16,281-7;
the Morgan Gold Mining Company, 16,270-6, 16,280,
16,305-7, 16,330-6, 16,346-53, 16,393-8; wages,
16,370-9.

FRYER, MARK.

Agent to Mr. Drury Lowe, Denby Colliery, Denby.
Third Report, p. 26.

Stanley Common Colliery, 14,592-605.

GEDDES, GEORGE H.

Mining engineer, Edinburgh; agent for mineral
properties in Ayrshire.

Second Report, p. 106 and 129.

Conditions as to working the coal, 7585-7; develop-
ment of the mining industry, 6855-9; fixed rent,
7537-40; provisions as to buildings, &c., at end of
lease, 7570-81; renewal of leases, 6846-7, 6851-4;
royalties, 6844-5, 7528-36, 7541-69, 7582-4; royalty
and sliding scales, 6833-6; severance of owner-
ship, 6837-9; sliding scales, 6848-50, 6869-71; sur-
face damage, 6860-1, 6840-3; underground way.
leaves, 6872-7; valuation rolls, 7527; wayleaves
6862-8.

Application of existing law, 3456-9; comparison
between royalties in Spain and this country, 3433-6;
compensation for improvements, 3366-8; condi-
tions of leases, 3364; conditions under which con-
cessions are granted, 3330-5, 3460-5; ccst of
obtaining concessions, 3342-3, 3417-23; customs
as to buildings at end of term, 3372; description
of property, 3376-80; drainage and ventilation,
3426-6; effect of existing law on development of
minerals, 3392; existing law in Spain, 3320–5;
extent of ground granted, 3338-41; forfeiture of con-
cessions, 3329; government taxation, 3373-4, 3404–6,
3466-72; interest of workers of mines, 3398-403;
joint ownership, 3369; law of succession to property
in Spain, 3370-1; length of term of concessions,
3326-8; position of concessionaires in Spain and pro-
prietor in this country, 3381-4; powers of surrender,
3437-41; provisions as to buildings at end of term,
3372; rights of concessionaries (a) as to surface lands,
3344--6; (b) as to wayleaves, 3347-50; (c) as to
drainage, 3351-3; royal decrees, 3393-7; royalties,
3385-91, 3407-16, 3427-8; short workings, 3365;
surface damage, 3354-9; term of leases, 3363;
transfer of concessions, 3336-7, 3360-2, 3375, 3442-
51; wages and hours of labour, 3429-32; wages,
3452-5.

GILLART, JUNR., RICHARD.

Estate agent, Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire;
agent for the Dowager Lady Londonderry.
Third Report, p. 129.

Arbitration clause in lease, 17,437-48, 17,512-6, 17,543;
cottage rents received by the lessees, 17,534-7; dead-
rent, 17,414-5; reduction of royalties, 17,449-67,
17,486-501, 17,538-40; royalties, 17,410-3, 17,416-26,
17,517-33; selling price of_lead, 17,409; surface
damage, 17,436, 17,502-11; Van Mining Company,
17,406-8; water charges, 17,427-35, 17,468-85,
17,541-2.