April 4, 1913. THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN. 715 _________________________________________________ Finally, the following fossils are mentioned in this brief summary of the fauna because of their great rarity:— Species. Horizon. Locality. Anthropoda. Arthopleura armata Ryder coal ..... Baddesley Colliery. (Jordan). Eurypterus sp..... Thick coal.......Newdigate Colliery. Anthrapal demon sp. Seven - feet coal. Amington Colliery. Marine bed. Leaiale lidyi var. Haunchwood sand-New pit at Biddles- salteriana Jones... stones. wood, near Kings- bury. Incertse sedis. Vetacupsula cooperi Thick coal.......Chilvers Coton clay Mackie & Crocker pit. In addition to its intrinsic interest, this fossil fauna, and more especially the marine fauna, may be expected to prove of considerable value in distinguishing definite positions in the coal measure sequence, for which purpose only the coalseams are at present available. General Conclusions. The detailed description of the rocks and of their organic contents now being completed, it will be con- venient to summarise the chief facts, which will be best understood from the opposite table. The general conclusions of this paper may be sum- marised as follows:—■ 1. On stratigraphical and palaeontological evidence, it is shown that a large area of rocks in Warwickshire, previously mapped as permian, is really of carboniferous age. 2. The carboniferous rocks are subdivided into groups which, on palaeobotanical evidence, are proved to belong to the following three horizons of the Westphalian series:— Upper coal measures. Transition measures. Middle coal measures. And the Lower coal measures are found to be absent. 3. The fossil flora of the Middle coal measures, the Transition measures and the Upper coal measures is discussed, and a brief account is given of the fresh- water and marine faunas of the Middle coal measures. 4. The carboniferous rocks of Warwickshire are correlated with those of the other coalfields of the Midland province, and it can thus be demonstrated that there is a marked southward attenuation and overlap of each of the subdivisions of the carboniferous system. 5. Some account of the permian and the trias is given, in order to make clear the unconformable relationship of the permian to the carboniferous on the one hand, and that of the trias to the whole of the palaeozoic rocks of the district on the other. ______________________ COASTWISE SHIPMENTS IN FEBRUARY. According to the monthly coal tables the following were the quantities of coal shipped coastwise during the month of February :— ____________________________ __________________________________________________________ From Total cargo. Total 1 bunker. 1912. 1913. 1912. 1913. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Bristol Channel ports 472,948 256,646 25,389 24,130 North-western ports 277,574 250,849 63 812 56,491 North-eastern ports 872,945 711,625 31,426 34,688 Humber ports 254,986 221,129 12,720 13,543 Other ports on east coast 9,801 10,321 8,017 8,312 Other English ports 3,020 3,464 5,845 3,247 Total from England and Wales 1,891,274 1,454,034 147,209 140,411 Ports on east coast of Scotland .- 131,543 108,764 20,533 15,707 Ports on west coast of Scotland 171,025 110,815 31,724 35,924 Total from Scotland 302,568 219,579 52,257 51,631 Irish ports — 7 4,767 4,068 Total from United Kingdom 2,193,824 1,673,620 204,233 196,110 The destination of cargo shipments was as follows :— Feb. 1912. Feb. 1913. Tons. Tons. 1,651,762 ... 1,208,658 93,022 ... 101,530 449,058 ... 363,432 To ports in England and Wales ...... Scotland.......... Ireland .......... The shipments to London totalled 743,492 tons. ______________________________ Five leading coal companies in Fife have united in giving presentation to Lieut. Michael J. Wemyss, of Wemyss and Torry, on the occasion of his coming of age. The com- panies are—Fife Coal Company; Wemyss Coal Company ; Lochgelly Coal and Iron Company; Earl of Rosslyn’s Collieries ; and the Coltness Coal Company. The silver casket has four panels, representing Wemyss Castle, Torry House, the Chapel at Wemyss, and the pithead of Wellesley Colliery. COLLIERY MANAGERS1 EXAMINATIONS. Mine Surveys. A rule (No. 292) has been made by the Board for Mining Examinations and approved by the Secretary of State, March 18, 1913, under section 9 (2) of the Coal Mines Act, 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 50), amending the rules of July 30, 1912, as to the qualifications of applicants for first and second-class certificates of com- petency. The rules made by the Board on July 30, 1912, and approved by the Secretary of State on August 1, 1912, as to the qualifications of applicants for first and second-class certificates of competency, are amended as follows :— Foi' the second paragraph of Rule 4 (a) (v.) relating to the qualifications of applicants for first-class certi- ficates of competency shall be substituted the following paragraph :— “ Each candidate must produce a plan of a mine survey and levelling made and drawn by himself with the original plottings and the notes from which the plottings have been made, and the work must be certified by him as having been carried out by him- self.” ___________________________ MINING AND OTHER NOTES. Mr. Walter Gibb, the Cottage, Tannochside, Uddin gston, who has been for quite a number of years manager to Messrs. Archibald Russell Limited, at Tannochside Collieries, leaves shortly for Coalburn, Lanarkshire, where he has received an important managerial appointment. The Association of Mining Electrical Engineers (Scottish branches) and the National Association of Colliery Managers (Scottish branch) have arranged to hold a joint excursion on Thursday, June 7. It is also proposed to hold a joint meeting in May to hear and discuss a paper by Mr. W. H. Telper, general manager of the Wilsons and Clyde Coal Company, on “ Power Transmission in Mines.” Mr. J. W. Fryar, general manager of Messrs. Barber, Walker and Co.’s Eastwood collieries, Notts, responding to the toast of the “ East wood Trades Guild ” at the Guild annual dinner, said the Top-Hard seam of coal, from which the company had made their profits in times past, was now only yielding 250 tons a day at Watnall, and would be exhausted in six months. However, the introduction of machinery had made it profitable to work other seams down to 18 in. thickness, and Eastwood could look to 30 or 40 years’ good work. The men were earning more money to-day than ever. A meeting was held at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on the 31st ult., to consider the question of demurrage in regard to railway trucks. After a long discussion the following resolution was unanimously carried :—"That this meeting representing the Chambers of Commerce in Newcastle and Gateshead, Sunderland, Stockton, the Hartlepools, and Middlesbrough, and representatives of the leading manufacturing firms on the North-east Coast approves of the suggestion of the ' Iron and Steel and Allied Trades Federation that the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom act with the federation in considering and resisting the proposed regulations of the railway companies relating to demurrage on wagons, and recommends all Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom to arrange for an early meeting with the federation. In the meantime the traders are recommended to refuse payment of claims and not to sign any agreements on the subject.” It was stated that the Mansion House Association on Railway and Canal Traffic have made a complaint on the subject to the Board of Trade, and that the Board would shortly appoint a date for the hearing and discussion of the complaint. Bristol City Council have decided to make an order under section 4 of the Shops Act, 1912, fixing Wednesday, or alternatively Saturday, at 2 o’clock, as the day and hour for the weekly half holiday in respect of coal and fuel retailers’ shops. A meeting of the Notts and Derbyshire branch of the Association of Mining Electrical Engineers was held at the University College, Nottingham, on Saturday, March 29. Mr. E. C. Beadsmoor, of Tibshelf, was in the chair. The discussion on the paper by Mr. E. Kilburn Scott, on “Electric Cables for Shafts of Mines” was resumed, and the members who took part included Mr. E. R. Hudson, Ilkeston, Mr. F. Church, Tibshelf, Mr. F. Smith, Pinxton, Mr. E. L. Ahrons, Nottingham, Mr. J. Watson, Loscoe, Mr. H. Gaunt, Old Brinsley, and the chairman. It was decided to hold a special meeting of the branch at Chesterfield on April 12. Two new members were elected. On April 12 next 109 teams are to compete in the first round of the Wood Shield competition in connection with the Yorkshire Collieries Ambulance League. The League is divided into north and south sections, and the first round competitions take place in the various divisions. April 26 has been fixed for the second round, which will be at the Corn Exchange, Leeds, for teams in the northern section, and at the Victoria Hall, Sheffield, for the southern section. The final will be on May 17, at the Drill Hall, Rotherham, and will be between two teams from the north, and two from the south. The practice prevailing at most Yorkshire collieries of four men working under a number at each working place and payment being made to one man for all four was the subject of an action last month at the Pontefract County Court, and on the 13th ult. his Honour Judge Benson delivered judgment. The plaintiff was a miner named Herbert Pilling, who was sent by the deputy to work with a gang for whom a man named Jones drew the money. Pilling earned 7s. 6d. during the day he worked, but Jones absconded and did not pay Pilling. His Honour held that Pilling knew that Jones collected the money, and he acquiesced in this arrangement. Under these circumstances he thought the defendants (the Hemsworth Colliery Company) had discharged their obligation by paying Jones as the agent of the men in his working place. He dismissed the action, but gave leave to appeal. On Wednesday, April 9, H.M. the King has arranged to visit the Royal Ordnance Factories and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and, according to present arrange- ments, his Majesty will be rowed down the river in the State barge to one of the piers of the Arsenal. The last great water pageant was when the Prince Consort opened the London Coal Exchange in 1849. The appearance of the King and Queen in their State barge at Henley Regatta last year, and the enthusiasm it evoked, has revived the ancient custom of making a fuller use of the historic waterway. As the result of an examination for mine surveyors’ certificates held on March 22, by the Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, certificates have been issued to the following:— A. M. Laing, R. W. McClellan, and H. H. Potts. A correspondent says ••—Progress is being made with the various sinkings in the neighbourhood of Dover. At Tilmanstone and Snowdown good steam coal is being brought to bank, and very shortly there will be a .consider- able output. At Shakespeare’s Cliff, the Kent Colliery Company are sinking their second shaft. At Dover, great opposition is being shown to the proposed harbour, which will destroy the chief residential part of the town. A French syndicate, it appears, has bought a large estate to the eastward for colliery purposes, and it is necessary to bring the coal through the town. The Anglo-Westphalian Company aye making good progress. Lord Northbourne has also found a good seam of coal on his estate at Belles- hanger, and there is every prospect of a considerable output of Kent coal at an early date. The retail price is at present 28s. per ton. In a Divisional Court of the King’s Bench Division, on the 1st inst., before Justices Ridley, Pickford, and Avory, the case of the Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited v. the Midland Railway Company was mentioned. Mr. Moon said he had to ask that this case should be put off till June 1 next, as he understood the parties were coming to a settle- ment. It was a matter connected with the working of certain goods traffic, and he understood that negotiations had been going on for some time between the parties, and that the matter was practically settled. Mr. Waddy said he believed the reason for fixing the date in question was that the managing director of the Staveley Coal Company had been very ill, and that the ultimate agreement must be put before him for his approval. Their lordships agreed to the application, and the case stood over till June 1 next. The Local Government Board for Scotland have issued a memorandum of the operation in Scotland of the Housing and Town Planning Act, which has now been in force for three years. The Board have had every reason to be satis- fied with the wide interest shown by local bodies and the public generally in connection with the administration and execution of the Act. The Board have authorised the local authorities for Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Dundee and Edinburgh (Bellevue) to prepare town-planning schemes. Preliminary steps for the submission of schemes are being taken by several other local authorities, including those for Kirkcaldy, Crammond parish (Mid-Lothian), Buckhaven and Edinburgh (for Restalrig, Comely Bank Fountain Bridge and Corstorphine). The following local authorities have schemes under consideration:—Middle Ward of Lanark,