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Bound minutes of meetings held by the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association. The minutes cover the Association's general meetings, special meetings, annual meetings and meetings of the Council. The early volumes also contain the minutes of the Cardiff District Board to May 1892 (see A1-5) and the Finance Committee meetings to March 1888 (see A1-3). The minutes include the original motion to form The Association of Iron and Coal Masters; negotiations leading to the formation of The Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association; the division of the Association into 3 districts (Cardiff, Newport and Swansea); consideration of reports from the district boards and various appointed committees - such as the House Coal Owners Committee, Finance Committee, owners' side of the Sliding Scale Committee, the Coal Shippers Committee, etc.; discussions and resolutions embodying the Association's general policy on such issues as wage rate changes, strikes, the Sliding Scales, the Conciliation Board, Home Office Special Rules, etc.; approval of applications for membership and acceptance of resignations from existing members; decisions on policy to be adopted towards Government Bills and Acts affecting the mining interest; relations with the Mining Association of Great Britain; and all matters affecting the coal industry of South Wales are covered generally.

Material relating to the introduction of the Mines Eight Hours Act in South Wales collieries, the response of various coal companies and miners' organisations to the legislation, and the effects of the Act on the mining industry in Wales. Material comprises reports, counsel's opinions, Conciliation Board sub-committee minutes and extracts of minutes, meeting notes, owners' manifestos, circulars, letters and correspondence, newspaper cuttings, statistical statements and summaries, and some printed material.

Records of applications by various collieries, and colliery groups, to join the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, including queries to the Secretary, procedural points, notifications of transferences of collieries and price-list details provide the bulk of the correspondence.

Material related to the work of the Board of Conciliation for the Coal Trade of Monmouthshire and South Wales, comprising minutes of meetings, minutes of proceedings, applications for changes in wages, and Board Agreements and Awards.

Material related to the work of the Coke-Oven and By-Product Workers' Conciliation Board, comprising minutes of proceedings and awards granted by the Conciliation Board. The Conciliation Board meetings included representatives of the Owners' and Workers' sides of various groups, as follows: representatives from the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coke Oven and By-Products Works Association and representatives of the National Union of Cokemen and By-Product Workers; representatives of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coke Oven and By-Product Works Association and of the South Wales Miners' Federation; between representatives of the Disputes Committee of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coke Ovens and By-Product Works Association; the Monmouthshire and South Wales Cokeowners' Association and the South Wales Miners' Federation; and of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coke Ovens and By-Product Works Association and the South Wales Miners' Federation and the National Union of Cokemen and By-Product Workers. Matters discussed related to topics such as rates of pay and conditions of employment of coke oven and by-product workers in the South Wales coalfield, and also individual claims of workmen employed at various collieries.

Material related to the work of the Clerical Workers' Conciliation Board, comprising verbatim minutes of proceedings between representatives of the Coal Owners Association and representatives of the National Union of Clerks, and some meetings between the Coal Owners Association and the Mining, Clerical and Administrative Workers' Guild. Also included in this series are résumés of joint meetings of Owners and Clerks, which considered individual cases of dispute, and an agreement between the Coal Owners Association and the National Union of Clerks relating mainly to remuneration and conditions of employment of clerical staff at associated collieries.

Material related to the work of the National Conciliation Board for the Coal Mining Industry comprising minutes of proceedings of the National Board for the Coal Industry, 1921, with awards, interpretations and the Constitution and Rules of Procedure of the Board; and minutes, agenda and papers for meetings of the Joint National Negotiating Committee, 1944-1945. Also included is an Agreement, 1943, between the Mining Association, Miners' Federation of Great Britain, the various owners' associations, and the various workmen's associations, to establish the National Conciliation Scheme.

Material related to the work of several committees of the Mining Association of Great Britain including the Central Committee, the Coal Mines Act Committee, the Joint Standing Consultative Committee, the Transport Committee and the Council.

Statistical tables giving detailed information on the rates of pay for different classes of workmen throughout the South Wales coalfield. Schedules are given for associated and non-associated collieries in the Cardiff, Newport and Swansea districts. Classes of workmen include: Enginemen, Pumpmen, Company's Boys, Colliers' Boys, Timbermen, Assistant Timbermen, Rippers, Assistant Rippers, Blocklayers, Roadmen, Hauliers, Trammers, Riders, Hitchers, Labourers, Ostlers, Fitters, Electricians, Rope Splicers, Masons, Pitmen, Shacklers and Spragmen, Lamplockers, Lamplighters, Oilers, Coalcuttermen, Airwaymen, Watermen, Cogcutters and Timber Drawers.

Material relating to legal cases which affected the coal industry in general, and the business interests of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association in particular. Material includes minutes of proceedings, minutes of evidence, judgements, reports, counsel opinions, Enquiry and Committee reports, memoranda and statistical statements.

Papers relating to the court of the Railway Rates Tribunals held under the Railways Act, 1921, and the Road and Rail Traffic Act, 1933. Later Tribunals were also held under the Local Government Act, 1929, the Railway Freight Rebates Act, 1936, and the London Passenger Transport Act, 1933. Proceedings involved a number of railway companies including the Great Western Railway Company; Southern Railway Company; London Midland and Scottish Railway Company; and the London and North Eastern Railway Company. Files may contain minutes of proceedings, notes on proceedings, judgements, schedules of standard railway charges, provisional proposals by railway companies, Railway Clearing House statements, reviews of the operation of the Railway Freight Rebate Scheme, and classification lists of merchandise carried by rail.

Material relating to cases heard before the Coal Industry National Compensation Tribunal, in order to provide compensation for the transfer of assets from district associations to the National Coal Board. Cases include the Mining Association of Great Britain's case before the Coal Industry National Compensation Tribunal, and the case for the Monmouthshire and South Wales District before the Central Valuation Board. Material includes verbatim records of the proceedings before the Board, evidence of witnesses, opening and closing speeches and, in the case of the Monmouthshire and South Wales District Claim, statements of particulars produced by the district Associations of coal owners across Great Britain.

Reply forms, labelled 'A' and 'B', which were sent to colliery companies to collect information on the activities of the South Wales Miners' Federation regarding the holding of "Show Cards" on colliery premises to promote union membership. Some letters and circulars may be found within the volumes.

Material comprises official press reports publicising meetings of various Coal Owners Association committees, and of meetings between the Coal Owners' representatives and representatives of several trade unions, including meetings with the National Union of Clerks and the Colliery Examiners Association.

Material comprises statistical information compiled by several different sources including the Statistical Department of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, the Board of Trade, the Mining Association of Great Britain, and by H.M.'s Inspectors of Mines. The statistics relate to various aspects of the coal mining industry, in particular to United Kingdom trade with foreign countries, the output and distribution of minerals, miners' pay and working conditions, coal export, coal production, and the coal mining and trade industries in general.

Material comprises mainly printed lists, which give the agreed prices for working a particular seam in a particular colliery in a given way (i.e. hand cut or machine cut). Some material includes statements by the Statistical Department giving additional information regarding proceeds, wages costs, and credit per ton for the periods specified (see S3/16).

Annual summaries (March-March) of information submitted by the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, giving details of membership, assured output, the number of pits in each district, and the names of Association members serving on various boards and committees.

Material comprises forms filled out annually by Association Members, giving the names of the various pits which they wished to have assured under the rules of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, together with the annual quantity to be assured and the rate per ton at which it was to be assured. Some volumes may include related letters and correspondence. Returns for 1888 are missing.

Material relating to the foundation of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association (originally called the Aberdare Steam Collieries Association) and the rules and procedures governing its organisation, structure and how it conducted its business. Material comprises Deeds of Association and Deeds of Arrangement.

Series of bound volumes of circulars sent out by the secretaries to members of the Monmouthshire and South Wales Coal Owners Association, 1891-1955. The circulars are mainly of a routine nature, comprising notices of meetings of the various committees of the Association, Revision of Assurance notices and forms, results of Sliding Scale audits and subscription reminders. Some circulars were sent to members for specific purposes, e.g. to elicit information to be used in Sliding Scale Agreement negotiations, to elicit support for the Talygarn Convalescent Home, etc. The last 12 volumes in the series (P1/39-52) contain circulars sent by the secretaries to members of the Commercial Committee, 1919-1947.