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Verbatim minutes from the shorthand notes of Conciliation Board meetings, including those before an Independent Chairman, considering applications from the owners, or the workmen, for changes in wage rates. Material may include supporting documents such as memoranda, reports and statistical tables.

Material relating to the work and activities of the Central Committee of the Mining Association of Great Britain comprising minutes of meetings. There is an index to the minutes in the front of each volume.

Memoranda of Agreements which contain generally lists of the representatives from both the owners' and workmens' sides, the decision regarding general rate of wages or other topics in dispute, rules of procedure and the effective dates of the Agreement, and relevant memoranda and statements. They may also include printed notices which were to be displayed by the collieries. Many Agreements contain original signatures.

Material related to the Hauliers' Conciliation Board, comprising Memoranda of Agreements and Awards granted by the Board, regarding rates of pay and specific duties of master hauliers.

Material related to the activities of the Windingmen's Conciliation Board, comprising memoranda of agreements between the owners' representatives and the workmens' representatives on the Board, and awards granted by either the Board or an Independent Chairman.

Agreements and awards granted by the Joint Examiners' Conciliation Board, the result of negotiations between the Coal Owners Association and the Colliery Examiners [Firemen] and Shotsmen. Material relates mainly to wage increases and disputes at various collieries.

Material relating to the work of the Craftsmen's Conciliation Board, comprising memoranda of agreements between the Coal Owners Association and the members of the Craftsmen's Association, and Awards granted by either the Board or an Independent Chairman.