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Material relating to various aspects of the coalmining industry in general, and to matters concerning the Coal Owners Association, such as wage rates, taxation, the improvement of docks and railways, the Sliding Scale, accidents, disputes and strikes at collieries throughout South Wales. Material includes Board, Council, and committee minutes; circulars; notices; reports; letters; bills and newspaper cuttings.

Material relating to various aspects of coal mining in South Wales including the survey of coal resources, the formal inspection of mines and their activities, deputations to national representatives regarding coal mining issues, the attendence of special industry meetings and conferences, participation in trade schemes, and the promotion of coal research. Material includes reports, surveys, memoranda, competition entries and essays, pamphlets, marketing material and other printed items.

Administrative files created and kept by the Commercial Department of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association. The department dealt mainly with commercial aspects of coal mining, which included the maintenance and use of railway wagons for coal transport, the negotiation of special railway rates and dock charges for the transport and shipping of coal, the negotiation with foreign countries for the exchange of Welsh coals for pitwood during wartime, the loading of coal and provision of special machinery at docks, compliance with government legislation on the health and safety of miners, negotiations with miners' groups on wages and holidays, and representation in the Mining Association of Great Britain.

Balance sheets of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, recorded at half-yearly intervals ending 30 June and 31 December each year. The balance sheets relate to revenue and other accounts. Years 1899, 1906 and 1909 missing.

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Material related to the work of the Joint Sub-committee of the Conciliation Board appointed to deal with the rate of wages and conditions of employment for Banksmen at various Associated Collieries.

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.

Material related to the work of the Board of Conciliation for the Owners and Officials of Collieries in South Wales and Monmouthshire, or as it was generally referred to, the Joint Examiners' Conciliation Board. Material in this series comprises minutes of proceedings, résumés of cases, and agreements and awards.

Material related to the work of the Colliery Officials' Conciliation Board, comprising minutes of meetings of the Board of Conciliation for the Owners and Officials of Collieries in South Wales and Monmouthshire, and minutes of proceedings of meetings between the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association and the Monmouthshire and South Wales Colliery Officials' Association. Matters discussed relate mainly to the stabilisation of wages, holidays, payment of wages during illness and issues involving individual cases of dispute.

Minute books of the Swansea District Board of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association. The minutes cover a range of activities, such as the Board's considerations of claims for compensation made by members within the district; passing resolutions embodying its recommendations on these claims for the consideration of Association meetings; conducting preliminary hearings on individual disputes; pursuing investigations of disputes and agreeing on settlements; consideration of reports from members; preliminary consideration of applications to join, or leave, the Association; annual revision of Assurances of members; the election of officers and the implementation of Association policy within the district.