[48] John Wilson, History of the Durham Miners' Association (1870-1904), p. 40.

[49] Report of Commissioner on the State of the Mining Population (1846).

[50] These pamphlets are in the British Museum.

[51] Report of Commissioner on the State of the Mining Population (1850).

[52] Ibid. (1852).

[53] Royal Commission, First Report (Mines), p. 27.

[54] Ibid., p. 21.

[55] Royal Commission, Second Report (Trades and Manufactures), p. 147.

[56] Ibid., pp. 155-6.

[57] Midland Mining Commission, First Report, p. 34.